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THE  SCHOOL  LAWS 

OF  ARIZONA 

1917 


Issued  by 

C.  O.  CASE 
SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION 

STATE  OF  ARIZONA 


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THE  ENABLING  ACT 


Provisions  of  the  Enabling  Act  and  Constitution  of  the 
State  of  Arizona  Pertaining  to  Public  Schools. 


Sec.  19,  Subdivision  4.  That  provisions  shall  be  made 
for  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  a  system  of 
public  schools  which  shall  be  open  to  all  the  children  of 
said  State  and  free  from  sectarian  control ;  and  that  said 
schools  shall  always  be  conducted  in  English. 

Sec.  24.  That  in  addition  to  sections  sixteen  and 
thirty -six,  heretofore  reserved  for  the  Territory  of  Ari- 
zona, sections  two  and  thirty-two  in  every  township  in 
said  proposed  State  not  otherwise  appropriated  at  the 
date  of  the  passage  of  this  Act  are  hereby  granted  to  the 
said  State  for  the  support  of  common  schools ;  and  where 
sections  two,  sixteen,  thirty-two,  and  thirty-six,  or  any 
parts  thereof,  are  mineral,  or  have  been  sold,  reserved,  or 
otherwise  appropriated  or  reserved  by  or  under  the  au- 
thority of  any  Act  of  Congress,  or  are  wanting  or  frac- 
tional in  quantity,  or  where  settlement  thereon  with  a 
view  to  preemption  or  homestead,  or  improvement  thereof 
with  a  view  to  desert  land  entry  has  been  made  hereto- 
fore or  hereafter,  and  before  the  survey  thereof  in  the 
field,  the  provisions  of  sections  twenty-two  hundred  and 
seventy-five  and  twenty-two  hundred  and  seventy-six  of 


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the  Revised  Statutes,  and  Acts  amendatory  thereof  or 
supplementary  thereto,  are  hereby  made  applicable 
thereto  and  to  the  selection  of  lands  in  lieu  thereof  to 
the  same  extent  as  if  sections  two  and  thirty-two,  as  well 
as  sections  sixteen  and  thirty-six  were  mentioned  therein ; 
Provided,  however,  that  the  area  of  such  indemnity  selec- 
tions on  account  of  any  fractional  township  shall  not 
in  any  event  exceed  an  area  which,  when  added  to  the 
area  of  the  above-named  sections  returned  by  the  sur- 
vey as  in  place,  will  equal  four  sections  for  fractional 
townships  containing  seventeen  thousand  two  hundred 
and  eighty  acres  or  more,  three  sections  for  such  town- 
ships containing  eleven  thousand  five  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  or  more,  two  sections  for  such  townships 
containing  five  thousand  seven  hundred  and  sixty  acres  or 
more,  nor  one  section  for  such  townships  containing  six 
hundred  and  forty  acres  or  more.  And  provided  fur- 
ther, that  the  grants  of  sections  two,  sixteen,  thirty-two 
and  thirty-six  to  said  State,  within  national  forests  now 
existing  or  proclaimed,  shall  not  vest  the  title  to  said 
sections  in  said  State  until  the  part  of  said  national  for- 
ests embracing  any  of  said  sections  is  restored  to  the  pub- 
lic domain;  but  said  granted  sections  shall  be  adminis- 
tered as  a  part  of  said  forests,  and  at  the  close  of  each 
fiscal  year  there  shall  be  paid  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  to  the  State,  as  income  for  its  common-school 
fund,  such  proportion  of  the  gross  proceeds  of  all  the 
national  forests  within  said  State  as  the  area  of  lands 
hereby  granted  to  said  State  for  school  purposes  which 
are  situated  within  said  forest  reserves,  whether  surveyed 
or  unsurveyed,  and  for  which  no  indemnity  has  been  se- 
lected, may  bear  to  the  total  area  of  said  sections  when 
unsurveyed  to  be  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Interior,  by  protraction  or  otherwise,  the  amount  neces- 
sary for  such  payments  being  appropriated  and  made 
available  annually  from  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  5 

Sec.  25.  That  the  following  grants  are  hereby  made, 
to-wit : 

For  university  purposes,  two  hundred  thousand 
acres ;  for  school  and  asylums  for  the  deaf,  dumb,  and  the 
blind,  one  hundred  thousand  acres;  for  normal  schools, 
two  hundred  thousand  acres;  for  state,  charitable,  penal 
and  ref ormator  institutions,  one  hundred  thousand  acres ; 
for  agricultural  and  mechanical  colleges,  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  thousand  acres;  for  military  institutes, 
one  hundred  thousand  acres;  and  for  the  payment 
of  the  bonds  and  accrued  interest  thereon  issued  by 
Maricopa,  Pima,  Yavapai,  and  Coconino  counties,  Ari- 
zona, which  said  bonds  were  validated,  approved  and 
confirmed  by  the  Act  of  Congress  of  June  sixth,  eighteen 
hundred  and  ninety-six  (Twenty-ninth  Statutes,  page  two 
hundred  and  sixty-two),  one  million  acres.  Provided, 
That  if  there  shall  remain  any  of  the  one  million  acres 
of  land  so  granted,  or  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  or 
lease  thereof,  or  rents,  issues,  or  other  profits  therefrom, 
after  the  payment  of  said  debts,  such  remainder  of  lands 
and  proceeds  of  sales  thereof  shall  be  added  to  and 
become  a  part  of  the  permanent  school  fund  of  said  State, 
the  income  therefrom  only  to  be  used  for  the  maintenance 
of  the  common  schools  of  said  State. 

Sec.  26.  That  the  schools,  colleges,  and  universities 
provided  for  in  this  Act  shall  forever  remain  under  the 
exclusive  control  of  the  said  State,  and  no  part  of  the 
proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  or  disposal  of  any  lands 
granted  herein  for  educational  purposes  shall  be  used 
for  the  support  of  any  sectarian  or  denominational 
school,  college  or  university. 

Sec.  27.  That  five  per  centum  of  the  proceeds  of 
sales  of  public  lands  lying  within  said  State  which  shall 
be  sold  by  the  United  States  subsequent  to  the  admission 
of  said  State  into  ,the  Union,  after  deducting  all  the  ex- 
penses incident  to  such  sales,  shall  be  paid  to  the  said 


6  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

State  to  be  used  as  a  permanent  inviolable  fund,  the  in- 
terest of  which  only  shall  be  expended  for  the  support  of 
the  common  schools  within  said  State. 

CONSTITUTIONAL  PROVISIONS. 
Article  XI. 

Sec.  1.  The  Legislature  shall  enact  such  laws  as 
shall  provide  for  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of 
a  general  and  uniform  public  school  system,  which  system 
shall  include  kindergarten  schools,  common  schools,  high 
schools,  normal  schools,  industrial  schools,  and  a  univer- 
sity (which  shall  include  an  agricultural  college,  a  school 
of  mines,  and  such  other  technical  schools  as  may  be 
essential,  until  such  time  as  it  may  be  deemed  advisable 
to  establish  separate  State  institutions  of  such  character.) 
The  Legislature  shall  also  enact  such  laws  as  shall  pro- 
vied  for  the  education  and  care  of  the  deaf,  dumb,  and 
blind. 

Sec.  2.  The  general  conduct  and  supervision  of  the 
public  school  system  shall  be  vested  in  a  State  Board  of 
Education,  a  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 
county  school  superintendents,  and  such  governing  boards 
for  the  State  institutions  as  may  be  provided  by  law. 

Sec.  3.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  be  com- 
posed of  the  following  members:  The  Governor,  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  the  President  of 
the  University,  and  principals  of  the  State  normal  schools, 
as  ex-officio  members,  and  a  city  superintendent  of 
schools,  a  principal  of  a  high  school,  and  a  county  super- 
intendent of  schools,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Governor. 
The  powers  and  duties  of  the  Board  shall  be  such  as  may 
be  prescribed  by  law.  The  members  of  the  Board  shall 
serve"  without  pay,  but  all  their  necessary  expenses  in- 
curred in  attending  the  meetings  of  the  Board,  and  for 
printing,  shall  be  provided  for  by  law. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  7 

Sec.  4.  The  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion shall  be  a  member,  and  secretary,  of  the  State  Board 
of  Education,  and,  ex-officio,  a  member  of  any  other 
board  having  control  of  public  instruction  in  any  State 
institution.  His  powers  and  duties  shall  be  prescribed  by 
law. 

Sec.  5.  The  regents  of  the  University,  and  the  gov- 
erning boards  of  other  State  educational  institutions, 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  Governor,  except  that  the 
Governor  shall  be,  ex-officio,  a  member  of  the  board  of 
regents  of  the  University. 

Sec.  6.  The  University  and  all  other  State  educa- 
tional institutions  shall  be  open  to  students  of  both  sexes, 
and  the  instruction  shall  be  as  nearly  free  as  possible. 

The  Legislature  shall  provide  for  a  system  of  com- 
mon schools  by  which  a  free  school  shall  be  established 
and  maintained  in  every  school  district  for  at  least  six 
months  in  each  year,  which  school  shall  be  open  to  all 
pupils  between  the  ages  of  six  and  twenty-one  years. 

Sec.  7.  No  sectarian  instruction  shall  be  imparted 
in  any  school  or  State  educational  institution  that  may  be 
established  under  this  Constitution,  and  no  religious  or 
political  test  or  qualification  shall  ever  be  required  as  a 
condition  of  admission  into  any  public  educational  insti- 
tution of  the  State,  as  teacher,  student,  or  pupil ;  but  the 
liberty  of  conscience  hereby  secured  shall  not  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  justify  practices  of  conduct  inconsistent  with 
the  good  order,  peace,  morality,  or  safety  of  the  State, 
or  with  the  rights  of  others. 

Sec.  8.  A  permanent  State  school  fund  for  the  use 
of  the  common  schools  shall  be  derived  from  the  sale  of 
public  school  lands  or  other  public  lands  specified  in  the 
Enabling  Act  approved  June  20,  1910;  from  all  estate  or 
distributive  shares  of  estates  that  may  escheat  to  the 
State;  from  all  unclaimed  shares  and  dividends  of  any 


8  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

corporation  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Arizona ;  and 
from  all  gifts,  devises,  or  bequests  made  to  the  State 
for  general  educational  purposes. 

The  income  derived  from  the  investment  of  the  per- 
manent State  School  fund,  and  from  the  rental  derived 
from  school  lands,  with  such  other  funds  as  may  be  pro- 
vided by  law  shall  be  apportioned  annually  to  the  various 
counties  of  the  State  in  proportion  to  the  number  of 
pupils  of  school  age  residing  therein. 

Sec,  9.  The  amount  of  this  apportionment  shall  be- 
come a  part  of  the  county  school  fund,  and  the  Legisla- 
ture shall  enact  such  laws  as  will  provide  for  increasing 
the  county  fund  sufficiently  to  maintain  all  the  public 
schools  of  the  county  for  a  minimum  term  of  six  months 
in  every  school  year.  The  laws  of  the  State  shall  enable 
cities  and  towns  to  maintain  free  schools,  industrial 
schools,  and  commercial  schools. 

Sec.  10.  The  revenue  for  the  maintenance  of  the 
respective  State  educational  institutions  shall  be  derived 
from  the  investment  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale,  and  from 
the  rental  of  such  lands  as  have  been  set  aside  by  the 
Enabling  Act  approved  June  20,  1910,  or  other  legislative 
enactment  of  the  United  States,  for  the  use  and  benefit 
of  the  respective  State  educational  institutions.  In  ad- 
dition to  such  income  the  Legislature  shall  make  such 
appropriations,  to  be  met  by  taxation,  as  shall  insure  the 
proper  maintenance  of  all  State  Educational  institutions, 
and  shall  make  such  special  appropriations  as  shall  pro- 
vide for  their  development  and  improvement. 

STATE  AND  SCHOOL  LANDS. 
Article  X. 

Sec.  1.  All  lands  expressly  transferred  and  con- 
fr.Tned  to  the  State  by  the  provisions  of  the  Enabling 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  9 

Act  approved  June  20,  1910,  including  all  lands  hereto- 
fore granted  to  the  Territory  of  Arizona,  and  all  lands 
otherwise  acquired  by  the  State,  shall  be  by  the  State  ac- 
cepted and  held  in  trust  to  be  disposed  of  in  whole  or 
in  part,  only  in  manner  as  in  the  said  Enabling  Act  and 
in  this  Constitution  provided  and  for  the  several  objects 
specified  in  the  respective  granting  and  confirmatory  pro- 
visions. The  natural  products  and  money  proceeds  of 
any  of  said  lands  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  trusts  as 
the  land  producing  the  same. 

Sec.  2.  Disposition  of  any  of  said  lands,  or  of  any 
money  or  thing  of  value  directly  or  indirectly  derived 
therefrom,  for  any  object  other  than  that  for  which  such 
particular  lands  (or  the  lands  from  which  such  money 
or  thing  of  value  shall  have  been  derived)  were  granted 
or  confirmed,  or  in  any  manner  contrary  to  the  provisions 
of  the  said  Enabling  Act,  shall  be  deemed  a  breach  of 
trust. 

Sec.  3.  No  mortgage  or  other  incumbrance  of  the 
said  lands,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  valid  in  favor 
of  any  person  or  for  any  purpose  or  under  any  circum- 
stances whatsoever.  *  Said  .lands  shall  not  be  sold  or 
leased,  in  whole  or  in  part,  except  to  the  highest  and 
best  bidder  at  a  public  auction  to  be  held  at  the  county 
seat  of  any  county  wherein  the  lands  to  be  affected,  or 
the  major  portion  thereof,  shall  lie,  notice  of  which  public 
auction  shall  first  have  been  duly  given  by  advertisement, 
which  shall  set  forth  the  nature,  time  and  place  of  the 
transaction  to  be  had,  with  a  full  description  of  the  lands 
to  be  offered,  and  be  published  once  each  week  for  not 
less  than  ten  successive  weeks  in  a  newspaper  of  general 
circulation  published  regularly  at  the  State  Capital,  and 
in  that  newspaper  of  like  circulation  which  shall  then  be 
regularly  published  nearest  to  the  location  of  such  lands 
so  offered ;  nor  shall  any  sale  or  contract  for  the  sale  of 
any  timber  or  other  natural  product  of  such  lands  be 


10  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

made,  save  at  the  place,  in  the  manner,  and  after  the 
notice  by  publication  thus  provided  for  sales  and  leases 
of  the  lands  themselves.  Provided,  that  nothing  herein 
contained  shall  prevent  the  leasing  of  said  lands  referred 
to  in  this  Article,  for  a  term  of  five  years  or  less,  without 
said  advertisement  herein  required. 

Sec.  4.  All  lands,  lease-holds,  timber,  and  other 
products  of  lands,  before  being  offered,  shall  be  ap- 
praised at  their  true  value,  and  no  sale  or  other  dis- 
posal thereof  shall  be  made  for  a  consideration  less  than 
the  minimum  price  hereinafter  fixed,  nor  upon  credit 
unless  accompanied  by  ample  security,  and  the  legal  title 
shall  not  be  deemed  to  have  passed  until  the  considera- 
tion shall  have  been  paid. 

Sec.  5.  No  lands  shall  be  sold  for  less  than  three 
dollars  per  acre,  and  no  lands  which  are  or  shall  be  sus- 
ceptible of  irrigation  undei  any  projects  now  or  here- 
after completed  or  adopted  by  the  United  States  under 
legislation  for  the  reclamation  of  lands,  or  under  any 
other  project  for  the  reclamation  of  lands,  shall  be  sold 
at  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  per  acre.  Provided,  thai 
the  State,  at  the  request  of  the  Secretary  of  the  InterioB 
shall  from  time  to  time  relinquish  such  of  its  lands  to 
the  United  States  as  at  any  time  are  needed  for  irrigation 
works  in  connection  with  any  such  Government  project, 
and  other  lands  in  lieu  thereof  shall  be  selected  from 
lands  of  the  character  named  and  in  the  manner  pre- 
scribed in  Section  Twenty-four  of  the  said  Enabling  Act. 

Sec.  6.  No  lands  reserved  and  excepted  of  the  lands 
granted  to  this  State  by  the  United  States,  actually  or 
prospective  valuable  for  the  development  of  water 
powers  or  power  for  hydro-electric  use  or  transmission, 
which  shall  be  ascertained  and  designated  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Interior  within  five  years  after  the  proclama- 
tion of  the  President  declaring  the  admission  of  the 
State,  shall  be  subject  to  any  disposition  whatsoever  by 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  1 1 

the  State,  or  by  any  officer  of  the  State  and  any  convey- 
ance or  transfer  of  such  lands  made  within  said  five 
years  shall  be  null  and  void. 

Sec.  7.  A  separate  fund  shall  be  established  for 
each  of  the  several  objects  for  which  the  said  grants  are 
made  and  confirmed  by  the  said  Enabling  Act  to  the 
State,  and  whenever  any  moneys  shall  be  in  any  manner 
derived  from  any  of  said  lands,  the  same  shall  be  de- 
posited by  the  State  Treasurer  in  the  fund  corresponding 
to  the  grant  under  which  the  particular  land  producing 
such  moneys  was,  by  said  Enabling  Act,  conveyed  or  con- 
firmed. No  moneys  shall  ever  be  taken  from  one  fund 
for  deposit  in  any  other,  or  for  any  object  other  than  that 
for  which  the  land  producing  the  same  was  granted  or 
confirmed.  The  State  Treasurer  shall  keep  all  such 
moneys  invested  in  safe,  interest-bearing  securities,  which 
securities  shall  be  approved  by  the  Governor  and  Secre- 
tary of  State,  and  shall  at  aft  times  be  under  a  good  and 
sufficient  bond  or  bonds  conditioned  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  his  duties  in  regard  thereto. 

Sec.  8.  Every  sale,  lease,  conveyance,  or  contract 
of  or  concerning  any  of  the  land  granted  or  confirmed,  or 
the  use  thereof  or  the  natural  products  thereof  made  to 
this  State  by  the  said  Enabling  Act,  not  made  in  substan- 
tial conformity  with  the  provisions  thereof,  shall  be  nuli 
and  void. 

Sec.  9.  All  lands  expressly  transferred  and  con- 
firmed to  the  State,  by  the  provisions  of  the  Enabling  Act 
approved  June  20,  1910,  including  all  lands  granted  to 
the  State,  and  all  lands  heretofore  granted  to  the  Terri- 
tory of  Arizona,  and  all  lands  otherwise  acquired  by  the 
State,  may  be  sold  or  leased  by  the  State  in  the  manner, 
and  on  the  conditions,  and  with  the  limitations,  pre- 
scribed by  the  said  Enabling  Act  and  this  Constitution, 
and  as  may  be  further  prescribed  by  law.  Provided,  that 
the  Legislature  shall  provide  for  the  separate  appraise- 


12  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

ment  of  the  lands  and  of  the  improvements  on  school  and 
university  lands  which  have  been  held  under  lease  prior 
to  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution,  and  for  reimburse- 
ment to  the  actual  bona  fide  resident  or  lessees  of  such 
lands  upon  which  such  improvements  are  situated,  as  pre- 
scribed by  Title  65,  Civil  Code  of  Arizona,  1901,  and  in 
such  cases  only  as  permit  reimbursement  to  lessees  in 
said  Title  65. 

Sec.  10.  The  Legislature  shall  provide  by  proper 
laws  for  the  sale  of  all  State  lands  or  the  lease  of  such 
lands  for  terms  not  longer  than  five  years,  and  shall 
further  provide  by  said  laws  for  the  protection  of  the 
actual  bona  fide  residents  and  lessees  of  said  lands, 
whereby  such  residents  and  lessees  shall  be  protected  in 
their  rights  to  their  improvements,  including  water  rights, 
in  such  manner  that  in  case  of  lease  to  other  parties,  the 
former  lessee  shall  be  paid  by  the  succeeding  lessee  the 
value  of  said  improvements"  and  rights,  and  actual  bona 
fide  residents  and  lessees  shall  have  preference  to  renewal 
of  their  leases  at  a  reassessed  rental,  fixed  as  provided 
by  law. 

Sec.  11.  No  individual,  corporation,  or  association 
shall  ever  be  allowed  to  purchase  or  lease  more  than  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  agricultural  land,  or  more 
than  six  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  grazing  land. 

Article  IX. 

Sec.  2.  Property  of  educational,  charitable,  and  re- 
ligious associations  or  institutions  not  used  or  held  for 
profit  may  be  exempted  from  taxation  by  law. 

Sec.  8.  No  county,  city,  town,  school  district,  or  other 
municipal  corporation  shall  for  any  purpose  become  in- 
debted in  any  manner  to  an  amount  exceeding  four  per 
cent,  of  the  taxable  property  in  such  county,  city,  town, 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  13 

school  district,  or  other  municipal  corporation,  without 
the  assent  of  a  majority  of  the  property  taxpayers,  who 
must  also  in  all  respects  be  qualified  electors,  therein 
voting  at  an  election  provided  by  law  to  be  held  for  that 
purpose,  the  value  of  the  taxable  property  therein  to  be 
ascertained  by  the  last  assessment  for  State  and  county 
purposes,  previous  to  incurring  such  indebtedness;  except, 
that  in  incorporated  cities  and  towns  assessments  shall  be 
taken  from  the  last  assessment  for  city  or  town  purposes. 
Provided,  that  any  incorporated  city  or  town,  with  such 
assent,  may  be  allowed  to  become  indebted  to  a  larger 
amount,  but  not  exceeding  five  per  centum  additional,  for 
supplying  such  city  or  town  with  water,  artificial  light, 
or  sewers,  when  the  works  for  supplying  such  water,  light 
or  sewers  are  or  shall  be  owned  and  controlled  by  the 
municipality. 

Sec.  10.  No  tax  shall  be  laid  or  appropriation  of 
public  money  made  in  aid  of  any  church,  or  private  or 
sectarian  school,  or  any  public  service  corporation. 

LABOR. 

Article  XVIII. 

Sec.  2.  No  child  under  the  age  of  fourteen  years 
shall  be  employed  in  any  gainful  occupation  at  any  time 
during  the  hours  in  which  public  schools  of  the  district  in 
which  the  child  resides  are  in  session ;  nor  shall  any  child 
under  sixteen  years  of  age  be  employed  underground  in 
mines,  or  in  any  occupation  injurious  to  health  or  morals 
or  hazardous  to  life  and  limb ;  nor  in  any  occupation  at 
night,  or  for  more  than  eight  hours  in  any  day. 


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REVISED  STATUTES  OF  ARIZONA,  1917,  CIVIL  CODE 


TITLE  XL 


EDUCATION. 

CHAPTER.  CHAPTER. 

1.  State   Board   of   Educa-  16.  Retirement  of  Teachers.. 

tion.  17.  District  Libraries. 

2.  State    Board    of    Exam-  18.  State    Tax    and    County 

iners.  School  Tax. 

3.  Certification  of  Teachers  19.  Text  Books. 

4.  Superintendent  of  Public  20.  Arbor  Day. 

Instruction.  21.  Music   and   Drawing   in 

5.  County  School  Superin-  Schools. 

tendent.  22.  United  States  Flag. 

6.  Teachers'  Institutes.  23    Manual    Training,     Do_ 

7.  School  Districts.  mestic      Science>     and 

8.  School  Elections.  Kindergarten. 

9.  Board  of  Trustees.  ~  . "     _         , 

<^    »>-_j_5  x\n  -*r      T-   i    24.  Commercial  Branches. 

10.  District  Census  Marshal. 

11.  Clerks    of    School     Dis- 25'  Education       of       Deaf, 

^r-c^g  Dumb  and  Blind. 

12.  Schools.  2.6.  Blind     Children     under 

13.  High  Schools.  School  Age. 

14  Pupils.  27.  Improvement   of  School 

15  Teachers.  Property. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  15 

CHAPTER  I. 
STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

Par.  2694.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  be 
composed  of  the  following  members :  The  Governor,  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  the  president  of  the 
university,  and  principals  of  the  State  normal  schools*  as 
a  principal  of  a  high  school  and  a  county  superintendent 
of  schools,  *ex-officio  members;  and  a  city  superintendent 
of  schools  to  be  appointed  by  the  Governor.  The  powers 
and  duties  of  the  board  shall  be  as  herein  prescribed. 
The  members  of  the  board  shall  serve  without  pay,  but  all 
their  necessary  expenses  incurred  in  attending  the  meet- 
ings of  the  board,  and  for  printing,  shall  be  paid  as  herein 
provided. 

Par.  2695.  The  State  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction shall  be  a  member,  and  secretary,  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education,  and  ex-officio,  a  member  of  any  other 
board  having  control  of  public  instruction  in  any  State 
institution. 

Par.  2696.  The  board  shall  meet  at  the  call  of  the 
secretary  of  the  board  at  the  capitol  of  the  State,  not  less 
than  once  in  each  quarter,  and  a  concurrence  of  a  ma- 
jority of  all  the  members  of  the  board  shall  be  necessary 
for  the  validity  of  any  act  by  the  board.  They  shall  be 
allowed  actual  transportation  expenses,  and  in  addition 
thereto,  other  expenses  not  to  exceed  four  dollars  per 
day,  payable  out  of  the  State  school  fund  on  the  warrant 
of  the  State  Auditor. 

Par.  2697.  The  powers  and  duties  of  the  board  are 
as  follows: 

1. — To  keep  a  record  of  its  proceedings,  subject  to 
public  inspection. 

2. — To  adopt  and  use  in  the  authentication  of  its  acts 
an  official  seal. 


16  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

3. — To  adopt  rules  and  regulations,  not  inconsistent 
with  the  laws  of  the  State,  for  its  own  government  and  for 
the  government  of  the  public  schools  and  school  libraries. 

4. — To  devise  plans  for  the  increase  and  manage- 
ment of  the  State  school  fund. 

5. — To  prescribe  and  enforce  the  use  of  a  uniform 
series  of  text-books  in  the  common  schools ;  provided,  no 
change  of  said  text-books  shall  be  considered  or  made  by 
the  State  Board  of  Education,  except  at  its  regular  meet- 
ings, or  at  some  special  meeting  thereof  held  for  that 
purpose,  and  notice  of  such  intention  shall  be  communi- 
cated by  the  secretary  of  said  board,  in  writing,  to  each 
county  school  superintendent  at  least  sixty  days  prior  to 
the  time  of  holding  such  meeting;  provided,  that  on  the 
adoption  of  a  uniform  series  of  text-books,  such  series 
shall  not  be  changed  during  the  period  of  five  years  next 
succeeding  the  adoption  of  such  series. 

6. — To  prescribe  and  enforce  a  course  of  study  in  the 
common  schools  of  the  State,  determine  the  number  of 
credits  necessary  for  graduation  from  the  high  schools, 
and  prescribe  the  necessary  qualifications  for  admittance 
to  the  State  Normal  Schools  and  the  State  University. 

7. — The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  have  general 
charge  of  the  education  of  the  deaf,  dumb  and  blind 
under  such  regulations  as  are  prescribed  by  law. 

8. — To  issue  life  certificates  for  teaching,  as  herein- 
after provided. 

9. — To  revoke  all  certificates  or  life  diplomas  for  im- 
moral or  unprofessional  conduct,  or  for  evident  unfitness 
to  teach. 

10. — To  expend  a  sum  not  to  exceed  two  hundred 
dollars  annually  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  State 
headquarters  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  National  Edu- 
cational Association. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  17 

CHAPTER  II. 
STATE  BOARD  OF  EXAMINERS. 

Par.  2698.  The  State  Board  of  Examiners  shall  con- 
sist of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  and  two 
competent  persons  appointed  by  him,  a  majority  of  whom 
shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

Par.  2699.  The  superintendent  shall  be  chairman  of 
the  board. 

Par.  2700.  The  board  must  meet  at  such  times  and 
places  as  the  chairman  directs,  and  must  hold  at  least  four 
sessions  each  year. 

Par.  2701.     The  board  has  power: 

1. — To  adopt  rules  and  regulations  governing  the 
examination  of  teachers  for  State  certificates  and  for  the 
government  of  county  school  superintendents  in  conduct- 
ing the  examination  of  such  applicants  for  certificates. 

2. — To  prepare  questions  for  the  examination  of 
teachers,  and  to  forward  the  same  to  the  county  school 
superintendents  for  use  in  the  quarterly  examinations, 
which  questions  shall  be  divided  into  four  lots,  each  lot 
to  be  enclosed  in  separate  envelope,  which  shall  be  sealed 
with  wax  bearing  the  imprint  of  the  seal  of  the  State 
Board  of  Examiners,  and  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  school 
superintendent  of  each  county.  The  school  superintend- 
ent of  each  county  in  the  presence  of  any  two  qualified 
county  officials  and  of  the  applicants  for  teachers*  cer- 
tificates, shall  open  one  lot  of  said  questions  and  dis- 
tribute same  to  the  applicants  at  each  session  of  the  ex- 
amination, and  there  shall  be  no  interruption  of  said  ses- 
sion until  each  applicant  shall  have  handed  in  to  the  said 
school  superintendent  his  or  her  examination  paper. 

3. — To  grant  recommendations  for  life  certificates. 


18  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

4. — To  grant  all  certificates,  except  life  certificates, 
as  provided  in  this  chapter  of  this  title. 

Par.  2702.  Every  applicant  for  a  first  grade  State 
certificate  must  be  examined  by  written  or  oral  questions 
in  algebra,  geography,  history  and  civics,  physiology, 
hygiene,  with  special  reference  to  thje  nature  and  effects 
of  alcoholic  drinks  and  other  narcotics  and  stimulants 
upon  the  human  system,  orthography,  penmanship,  com- 
position, reading,  methods  of  teaching,  grammar,  arith- 
metic and  the  school  laws  of  Arizona.  Applicants  for  a 
second  grade  certificate  shall  not  be  required  to  pass  an 
examination  in  algebra  and  elementary  physics. 

Par.  2703.  The  members  of  the  board  of  examiners 
shall  each  receive  a  salary  of  three  hundred  dollars  per 
annum  and  actual  traveling  expenses,  necessarily  incurred 
in  the  performance  of  their  duties,  which  amount  shall 
be  paid  quarterly  out  of  the  State  school  fund  on  warrant 
of  the  State  Auditor. 

CHAPTER  III. 

CERTIFICATION  OF  TEACHERS. 
Par.  2704.     Certificates  shall  be  issued  as  follows : 

Second  grade  certificates,  valid  for  two  years,  to 
candidates  not  less  than  eighteen  years  of  age  who  shall 
pass  an  examination  in  the  required  subjects;  such  cer- 
tificates entitle  the  holder  to  teach  in  the  common  schools 
of  Arizona.  Second  grade  certificates  are  not  renewablt. 

Primary  certificates,  valid  for  four  years,  to  gradu- 
ates of  schools  accredited  by  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion when  such  graduates  have  made  special  preparation 
to  teach  in  the  primary  grades.  Such  certificates  shall 
entitle  the  holder  to  teach  in  the  primary  grades  only. 

First  grade  State  certificates,  valid  for  four  years,  to 
candidates  no{  less  than  eighteen  years  of  age  who  pass 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  19 

an  examination  in  the  required  subjects;  these  certificates 
are  renewable  upon  satisfactory  evidence  of  two  years 
successful  experience  in  teaching.  First  grade  certifi- 
cates may  be  granted  by  the  board  without  examination ; 
(a)  To  graduates  of  any  State,  or  other  public  normal 
school  whose  standard  is  equivalent  to  that  of  the  State 
Normal  Schools  of  Arizona,  and  which  are  accredited  by 
the  State  Board  of  Education,  (b)  To  graduates  of  uni- 
versities and  chartered  colleges  of  similar  rank  under 
such  regulations  and  restrictions  as  the  board  may  pre- 
scribe, (c)  To  holders  of  life  certificates  or  equivalent 
credentials  issued  by  other  state  boards  of  education  or 
state  boards  of  examiners.  Holders  of  first  grade  certifi- 
cates are  entitled  to  teach  in  any  of  the  public  schools  of 
Arizona. 

Life  certificates. — To  holders  of  first  grade  certifi- 
cates who  present  satisfactory  evidence  o£  having  had 
fifteen  years'  successful  experience  as  teachers,  ten  years 
of  which  shall  have  been  in  the  public  schools  of  Arizona ; 
and  in  addition  thereto  shall  pass  an  examination,  to  be 
prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Education  in  psychology, 
pedagogy  and  school  management. 

Special  certificates. — To  teachers  in  such  special  sub- 
jects as  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  deem  advis- 
able, on  credentials  or  examinations,  and  such  special 
certificates  shall  entitle  the  holder  to  teach  only  the  sub- 
ject for  which  the  certificate  is  granted. 

All  certificates  issued  by  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion or  board  of  examiners  shall  be  signed  by  a  majority 
of  the  members  of  the  board  issuing  the  certificates  and 
shall  bear  the  signature  of  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction. 

CHAPTER  IV. 
SUPERINTENDENT   OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 

Par.  2705.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction: 


20  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

1. — To  superintend  the  public  schools  of  this  State. 

2. — To  investigate,  whenever  he  deems  it  necessary 
to  do  so,  any  accounts  of  school  money  kept  by  any  state, 
county  or  district  officer. 

3. — To  apportion,  subject  to  the  supervision  of  the 
State  Board  of  Education,  to  the  several  counties,  on  the 
second  Monday  in  January  and  May  of  each  year,  the 
amount  of  money  to  which  each  county  may  be  entitled 
under  the  provisions  of  this  title,  according  to  the  num- 
ber of  persons  between  the  ages  of  six  and  twenty-one 
years,  as  shown  by  the  last  census  list  of  the  several  coun- 
ties, and  to  furnish  such  county  treasurer  and  county 
superintendent  with  an  abstract  of  such  apportionment. 
He  shall  also  certify  such  apportionment  to  the  State 
Auditor,  and  upon  such  certificate  the  auditor  shall  forth- 
with draw  his  warrant  on  the  State  Treasurer  in  favor 
of  the  county  treasurer  of  each  county  for  the  amount 
due  said  county. 

4. — To  prepare,  have  printed  and  furnish,  through 
the  county  superintendents  to  teachers  and  officers 
charged  with  the  administration  of  the  laws  relative  to 
public  schools,  such  blanks  and  blank  forms  (including 
school  registers),  together  or  with  such  instructions  and 
regulations  as  to  their,  use  as  he  may  deem  necessary. 
To  prepare  and  have  printed  all  blank  teachers'  certifi- 
cates for  the  use  of  the  Board  of  Education  and  board  of 
examiners;  to  have  printed  and  distributed  the  course  of 
study  prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Education,  and  to 
have  printed  the  questions  to  be  used  by  the  State  Board 
of  Examiners  and  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  State 
board  governing  the  same.  He  shall  procure  such  record 
books  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  for  keeping  the  rec- 
ords of  his  office,  the  office  of  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, State  Board  of  Examiners,  and  for  the  offices  of 
county  superintendents  of  the  State.  He  shall  also  pro- 
cure such  stationery,  postage  stamps,  and  other  office 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  21 

supplies  as  may  be  necessary  for  conducting  his  office. 
He  shall  prepare  and  publish  from  time  to  time  pam- 
phlets and  circulars  in  relation  to  the  observance  by  the 
public  schools  of  Arbor  Day,  Flag  Day,  Washington's 
Birthday,  and  such  other  school  holidays  as  may  be  es- 
tablished by  law;  also  in  regard  to  school  sanitation, 
school  architecture  and  such  other  subjects  as  the  State 
Board  of  Education  may  direct. 

He  shall  certify  to  the  State  Auditor  the  cost  of  the 
printing  above  specified,  and  the  cost  of  said  record 
books,  stationery,  stamps,  and  other  office  supplies  and 
expenses,  and  to  whom  the  same  is  due ;  and  said  auditor 
shall  draw  his  warrant  on  the  State  Treasurer  in  favor 
of  the  person  to  whom  the  same  is  so  certified  to  be  due, 
and  the  said  treasurer  shall  pay  the  said  warrant  out  of 
any  money  to  the  credit  of  the  State  school  fund,  pro- 
vided, the  amounts  so  certified  do  not  exceed  the  sum  of 
three  thousand  dollars  annually,  exclusive  of  printing  the 
biennial  reports  and  printing  the  school  laws. 

5. — He  shall  be  allowed  a  sum  not  to  exceed  one 
thousand  dollars  to  defray  his  actual  expenses,  itemized 
accounts  of  which  shall  be  kept  and  audited  as  other 
accounts,  in  visiting  schools,  teachers,  institutes,  associa- 
tions>  etc.,  in  or  outside  of  the  State,  which  amount  shall 
be  payable  out  of  the  State  school  fund  on  a  warrant  of 
the  State  Auditor. 

6. — To  make  printed  report,  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  October  preceding  each  regular  session  of  the 
legislature,  to  the  Governor,  who  shall  transmit  a  copy 
thereof  to  the  legislature.  Said  report  shall  contain  a 
full  statement  of  the  condition  and  amount  of  all  funds 
and  property  apportioned  for  the  purpose  of  education ; 
the  number  and  grade  of  schools  in  each  county;  the 
number  of  children  in  each  county  between  the  ages  of 
six  and  twenty-one  years;  the  number  of  such  attending 


22  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

public  schools;  the  number  of  children  between  the  acres 
of  eight  and  sixteen  years;  the  average  number  of  chil- 
dren that  have  attended  the  public  schools  during  the 
two  years  previous  to  July  first  of  that  year;  the  number 
attending  private  schools;  the  number  that  can  read  and 
write;  the  amount  of  school  money  raised  by  county  tax- 
ation, district  taxation,  or  otherwise;  the  amount  ex- 
pended for  salaries  of  teachers  and  for  building  of  school 
houses;  a  statement  of  plans  for  the  management  of 
public  schools,  and  such  other  information  relative  to 
the  educational  interests  of  the  State  as  he  may  deem  ex- 
pedient. He  shall  certify  the  cost  of  printing  said  report 
to  the  State  Auditor,  who  snail  draw  his  warrant  on  the 
State  Treasurer  in  favor  of  the  person  to  whom  said 
amount  is  due,  and  the  treasurer  shall  pay  said  warrant 
out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  State 
school  fund. 

7. — To  have  the  law  relating  to  public  schools 
printed  biennially  in  pamphlet  form,  and  annexed  thereto 
such  forms  as  ne  may  be  unable  to  supply  in  the  shape 
of  blanks.  He  shall  certify  the  cost  of  printing  such 
pamphlet  to  the  State  Auditor,  who  shall  draw  his  war- 
rant on  the  State  Treasurer  in  favor  of  the  person  to 
whom  said  warrant  is  due,  and  the  treasurer  shall  pay 
said  warrant  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  to  the 
credit  of  the  State  school  fund. 

8. — To  supply  school  officers  and  teachers,  school 
libraries  and  the  State  library,  with  one  copy  of  each  of 
tne  pamphlets  mentioned  in  the  preceding  subdivision. 

9. — To  authenticate  with  the  official  seal  to  the 
Board  of  Education  all  writings  and  papers  issued  from 
this  office. 

10. — To  call  annually  a  meeting  of  the  county  school 
superintendents  of  the  State,  at  such  time  and  place  as 
he  may  deem  best,  for  the  discussion  oi  questions  relating 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  23 

to  the  public  schools.  Said  meeting  shall  continue  not 
less  than  two  nor  more  than  three  days,  at  the  option 
of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction.  Each 
county  superintendent  shall  be  allowed,  out  of  the  county 
school  fund,  a  remuneration  for  his  actual  expenses  in- 
curred in  attending  the  meeting. 

11. — To  have  power  to  appoint  when  necessary  an 
extra  examining  force  to  assist  the  State  Board  of  Exam- 
iners in  preparing  questions  for  teachers'  examinations 
and  grading  papers  therefor.  No  assistant  thus  em- 
ployed shall  receive  more  than  five  dollars  per  day,  to  be 
paid  out  of  the  State  school  fund.  No  assistant  shall 
be  remunerated  except  for  the  time  during  which  he 
is  actually  engaged. 

Par.  2706.  The  office  of  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction  shall  be  i  n  the  Capitol  Building  of  the 
State,  and  he  shall  receive  a  salary  of  three  thousand 
dollars  per  annum,  payable  monthly  out  of  the  State 
school  fund,  upon  warrants  drawn  by  the  State  Auditor. 

Par.  2707.  The  State  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction may  appoint  an-  assistant,  who  shall  receive  a 
salary  of  two  thousand  dollars  per  annum,  payable 
monthly  out  of  the  State  school  fund,  upon  warrant 
drawn  by  the  State  Auditor.  He  may  employ  such  other 
assistance  as  the  Board  of  Education  may  deem  neces- 
sary. 

CHAPTER  V. 
COUNTY  SCHOOL  SUPERINTENDENT. 

Par.  2708.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  schoo] 
superintendent  of  each  county : 

1. — To  apportion  the  school  moneys  to  each  district 
of  his  county,  and  to  notify  the  county  treasurer,  in  writ- 
ing, of  the  amount  apportioned  to  each  district,  and  to 


24  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

notify,  in  writing,  the  trustees  of  each  school  district  in 
his  county  the  amount  apportioned  to  their  several  dis- 
tricts. 

2. — On  the  order  of  the  board  of  school  trustees  of 
any  district,  to  draw  his  warrant  on  the  county  treasurer 
for  all  necessary  expenses  against  the  school  fund  of  any 
such  districts;  the  warrants  must  be  drawn  in  the  order 
in  which  the  vouchers  therefor  are  filed  in  his  office.  No 
warrant  shall  be  drawn  unless  the  money  is  in  the  proper 
fund  to  pay  it,  nor  shall  any  warrant  for  any  teachers' 
salary  be  drawn  unless  the  voucher  shall  state  the 
monthly  salary  of  the  teacher  and  the  name  of  the  school 
month  for  which  said  salary  is  due.  Upon  receipt  of 
such  voucher  the  county  superintendent  shall  draw  his 
warrant  upon  the  county  treasurer  in  favor  of  the  parties, 
and  for  the  amount  stated  in  such  voucher.  To  keep 
open  to  the  inspection  of  the  public  a  register  of  war- 
rants showing  the  funds  upon  which  the  warrants  have 
been  drawn,  the  number  thereof,  in  whose  favor,  and  for 
what  purpose  drawn,  and  also  a  receipt  from  the  person 
to  whom  the  warrant  was  delivered. 

3. — To  preside  over  teachers'  institutes  held  in  his 
county,  and  to  secure  the  attendance  thereat  of  lecturers 
competent  to  instruct  in  the  art  of  teaching;  to  enforce 
the  course  of  study,  the  use  of  the  adopted  text-books, 
and  the  rules  and  regulations  for  examinations  prescribed 
by  the  State  Board  of  Examiners. 

4. — To  conduct  examinations  of  applicants  for 
teachers'  certificates  in  accordance  with  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  may  be  prescribed. 

5. — To  distribute  all  laws,  reports,  circulars,  instruc- 
tions and  blanks  which  he  may  receive  for  the  use  of 
school  officers. 

6. — To  keep  in  his  office  the  reports  of  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction,  the  reports  of  the  school 


•   SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  25 

trustees,  census  marshals  and  teachers  received  by  him, 
to  record  all  official  acts  in  a  book  provided  for  that 
purpose  through  the  office  of  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction,  and  at  the  close  of  his  term  of  office 
to  deliver  over  to  his  successor  such  records  and  all 
documents,  books  and  papers  belonging  to  his  office. 
The  office  of  the  county  school  superintendent  shall  be 
at  the  county  seat  of  each  of  the  respective  counties; 
provided,  however,  that  this  shall  not  apply  to  counties 
having  an  assessed  valuation  of  less  than  five  million 
dollars. 

7. — To  appoint  trustees  of  school  districts  to  fill  all 
vacancies  caused  by  a  failure  to  elect  or  otherwise.  Such 
appointees  shall  hold  office  for  the  full  period  of  the 
vacant  term. 

8. — To  make  reports,  when  directed  by  the  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction,  showing  such  matters  re- 
lating to  public  schools  in  his  county  as  may  be  required 
of  him,  on  the  blanks  furnished  him  bythe  Superintend- 
ent of  Public  lustruction. 

,9. — To  notify  immediately  the  board  of  school  trus- 
tees of  the  several  districts  in  his  county,  upon  the  re- 
ceipt of  notice  from  the  State  Board  of  Education,  of  any 
meeting  to  be  held  by  them  for  the  purpose  of  exam- 
ining or  inquiring  into  the  expediency  of  a  change  of 
text-books,  as  provided  in  subdivision  5,  of  section  4  (Par. 
2697)  of  this  Title. 

10. — To  visit  and  examine  each  school  in  his  county 
at  least  twice  in  each  year;  provided  he  need  not  visit 
such  schools  as  employ  a  principal  or  a  city  superintend- 
ent of  schools  unless  he  deem  it  necessary.  He  may 
deputize  some  competent  person,  residing  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  school  located  fifty  miles  or  more  from  the  county 
seat  to  visit  such  school.  In  addition  to  the  salary  al- 
ready allowed  by  law,  he  shall  receive  his  traveling  ex- 


26  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  . 

penses.-  Such  expense  account  shall  be  audited  and  al- 
lowed by  the  board  of  supervisors  as  other  claims  are 
audited  and  allowed,  and  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  county 
school  fund 

1. — To  attend  such  annual  meetings  of  the  county 
school  superintendents  as  may  be  called  by  the  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction. 

Par.  2709.  He  shall,  when  there  is  sufficient  money 
in  the  fund  of  any  school  district  to  maintain  school 
therein  for  eight  months,  if  the  trustees  fail  or  refuse  to 
have  such  school  kept,  appoint  a  teacher  and  open  and 
keep  open  such  school,  and  may  draw  his  warrant  upon 
the  fund  of  such  school  district  for  the  expense  incurred. 

Par.  2710.  By  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of 
the  board  of  supervisors,  the  county  school  superintend- 
ent may  appoint  a  deputy  whenever  it  may  be  necessary 
to  properly  perform  the  duties  of  his  office;  and,  until 
otherwise  provided  by  law,  the  salary  of  any  such  deputy 
shall  be  fixed  by  the  board  of  supervisors.  In  no  case 
shall  the  salary  of  such  deputies  exceed  one  hundred 
dollars  per  month. 

Par.  2711.  He  may,  in  his  discretion,  require  the 
trustees  of  any  district  to  repair  the  school  buildings  or 
property,  or  to  abate  a  nuisance  in  or  about  the  premises, 
if  such  repairs  or  abatement  can  be  done  for  a  sum  not 
exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  and  there  is  a  sufficient 
amount  of  money  in  the  treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  dis- 
trict. He  may  also,  in  all  cases  require  the  trustees  to 
provide  suitable  outhouses;  and  if  the  trustees  neglect 
to  make  such  provisions,  he  may  cause  it  to  be  done  and 
pay  for  it  on  his  warrant  on  the  county  treasurer,  pay- 
able out  of  the  money  to  the  credit  of  the  district;  pro- 
vided, said  warrant  shall  be  countersigned  by  the  chair- 
man of  the  board  of  supervisors. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  27 

Par.  2712.  The  county  superintendent  of  schools 
:shall  be  elected  for  a  period  of  two  years  ,  and  shall  hold 
office  until  his  successor  shall  have  qualified. 

CHAPTER  VI. 
TEACHERS'     INSTITUTES. 

Par.  2713.  The  county  superintendent  of  every 
county  shall  hold  not  more  than  one  teachers'  institute  in 
each  year;  he  shall  notify  each  teacher  employed  in  his 
county  of  the  time  and  place  of  holding  such  institute, 
and  every  teacher  employed  in  a  public  school  in  his 
county  must  attend  unless  excused  by  the  county  superin- 
tendent. 

Par.  2714.  The  superintendents  of  two  or  more 
counties  may  unite  and  hold  an  institute  at  a  time  and 
place  to  be  fixed  by  the  said  superintendents.  The  ex- 
pense incurred  in  holding  such  joint  institute  shall  be 
apportioned  among  the  counties  so  joining,  on  the  basis 
of  the  number  of  teachers  employed  in  each  county  at 
the  time  such  joint  institute  is  held. 

Par.  2715.  All  schools  of  the  county  shall  be  closed 
during  the  session  of  the  county  institute  or  joint  county 
institute. 

Par.  2716.  Each  session  of  the  institute  must  con- 
tinue not  less  than  three  days. 

Par.  2717.  Teachers  who  attend  the  county  insti- 
tutes or  joint  county  institute  shall  receive  payment  for 
such  attendance  from  the  district  in  which  they  are  em- 
ployed for  the  school  year  or  term,  at  the  rate  at  which 
they  are  employed  by  the  board  of  trustees.  Such  pay- 
ment shall  be  for  the  time  in  actual  attendance  at  the  in- 
stitute, and  the  time  necessarily  take  in  going  to  and 
from  the  institute ;  such  attendance  shall  be  certified  by 
the  county  superintendent  of  schools. 


28  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

After  paying  the  expense  of  the  institutes,  if  a  bal- 
ance remains,  it  may  be  used  in  paying  the  actual  and 
necessary  expenses  of  the  teachers  in  going  to  and  from 
his  or  her  school  to  the  institutes ;  if  there  is  insufficient 
money  to  pay  such  expenses  in  full,  then  said  balance 
shall  be  pro  rated  among  the  teachers  according  to  the 
said  expense. 

Par.  2718.  The  county  school  superintendent  of 
every  county  of  the  State  may  spend  a  sum  not  to  exceed 
five  hundred  dollars  in  any  one  year  for  the  purpose  of 
holding  teachers'  institute.  The  county  school  super- 
intendent shall  keep  an  accurate  account  of  the  expenses 
of  the  institute,  with  vouchers  for  same,  and  shall  draw 
his  warrants  on  the  county  treasurer  in  payment  thereof, 
in  favor  of  the  person  or  persons  to  whom  the  several 
amounts  are  due,  payable  out  of  the  general  school  fund 
of  the  county. 

CHAPTER  VII. 
SCHOOL  DISTRICTS. 

Par.  2719.  Each  regularly  organized  school  district 
heretofore  formed,  or  that  may  be  formed,  shall  be  desig- 
nated as  school  district  No (using  the  number  of 

the  district),  of county,  (using  the  name  of 

the  county  in  which  such  district  is  located),  and  in  that 
name  the  trustees  may  sue  and  be  sued,  and  hold  and 
convey  property  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  such  district. 

Par.  2720.  New  districts  may  be  formed  on  a  peti- 
tion, signed  by  the  parents  or  guardians  of  at  least  ten 
school  census  children,  resident  of  such  proposed  new 
district,  and  residing  at  a  greater  distance  than  four  miles 
from  any  district  school  house,  presented  to  the  county 
school  superintendent.  Said  petition  must  set  forth  the 
boundaries  of  the  new  district  asked  for;  provided,  how- 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  29 

ever,  that  in  districts  containing  more  than  two  hundred 
and  fifty  school  census  children,  as  shown  by  the  next 
preceding  school  census,  upon  a  petition  signed  by  fifteen 
per  cent,  of  the  parents  or  guardians  of  the  school 
census  children,  residing  in  the  district  to  be  formed, 
a  new  district  may  be  formed  by  the  subdivision  of  the 
old  ones.  Said  petition  must  set  forth  the  boundaries  of 
the  new  district. 

Par.  2721.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  county 
school  superintendent,  on  the  first  day  of  July  of  each 
and  every  year,  to  file  with  the  board  of  supervisors  a' 
transcript,  showing  plainly  and  accurately  the  boundaries 
of  each  school  district  within  his  county,  and  when  said 
transcript  is  approved  by  the  board  of  supervisors,  said 
boundaries,  as  shown  in  said  transcript,  become  the  legal 
boundaries;  and  no  school  boundaries  shall  be  changed 
except  between  April  1  and  July  1 ;  provided,  that  the 
boundaries  of  no  school  district  may  be  changed  by  the 
county  superintendent  unless  the  trustees  of  the  dis- 
tricts affected  shall  have  had  written  notice  of  the  pro- 
posed change  and  atime  and  place  set  where  they  may 
be  heard. 

Par.  2722.  When  ten  or  more  qualified  school 
electors  residing  in  any  district  desire  that  the  boundaries 
of  said  district  be  changed  they  shall  present  a  petition  to 
the  county  school  superintendent,  setting  forth  the 
changes  of  boundaries  desired,  and  the  reasons  for  the 
same.  When  such  petition  is  filed  with  the  county  school 
superintendent,  he  shall  approve  or  disapprove  same,  and 
transmit  same  to  the  board  of  supervisors,  whose  action 
shall  be  final ;  provided,  that  when  a  subdivision  or  a  city 
or  incorporated  town  lies  outside  of  the  school  district 
including  such  city  or  town,  then  a  majority  of  the  school 
electors  of  said  subdivision  may  present  a  petition  to  the 
trustees  of  the  district  to  which  they  desire  to  be  annexed, 
setting  forth  accurately  the  boundaries  of  said  proposed 


30  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

territory  to  be  annexed.  Said  petition,  if  acted  upon 
favorably  by  the  board  of  trustees,  shall  be  transmitted 
with  their  endorsement  thereon  to  the  county  superin- 
tendent, who  shall  make  his  records  of  boundaries  to 
conform,  and  so  notify  the  board  of  supervisors,  and,  on 
and  after  the  first  day  of  July  following,  said  subdivision 
shall  become  a  part  of  the  city  or  incorporated  town  dis- 
trict. 

Par.  2723.  Twaor  more  school  districts  may  be  con- 
solidated into  one  district ;  provided,  that  fifteen  per  cent, 
of  the  school  electors  of  each  of  the  districts  that  are 
proposed  to  be  consolidated  present  a  petition  to  the 
county  superintendent  of  schools  setting  forth  the  pro- 
posed consolidation  and  asking  that  an  election  be  called 
in  each  of  the  districts  as  herein  provided.  If  a  majority 
of  the  votes  cast  in  each  district  is  in  favor  of  consolida- 
tion, then  the  districts  voting  become  one  district. 

When  fifteen  per  cent,  of  the  school  electors  of  two 
or  more  school  districts  petition  the  county  superintend- 
ent for  a  consolidation  of  such  school  districts,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  county  superintendent  within  ten  days 
to  call  an  election  for  the  determination  of  such  ques- 
tion. Public  notices  of  such  election,  not  less  than  three 
for  each  district  represented  in  the  petition,  shall  be 
posted  in  as  many  public  places  in  each  of  such  districts  at 
least  ten  days  before  said  election.  Said  election  shall  be 
held  in  the  same  manner  prescribed  by  law  for  the  elec- 
tion of  trustees,  and  the  same  qualifications  of  electors 
shall  apply  as  in  election  of  trustees. 

The  ballots  at  such  election  shall  be  prepared  by 
the  county  school  superintendent  and  delivered  to  the 
clerk  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  each  district  at  least 
two  days  before  the  election.  The  ballots  at  such  elec- 
tion shall  contain  the  words: 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  31 

Consolidation.     Yes  (          ) 
Consolidation.     No  (  ) 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officers  of  such  election 
(who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
districts)  to  report  the  result  to  the  county  superintendent 
of  schools.  On  the  fifth  day  after  such  election  the 
county  school  superintendent  and  the  chairman  of  the 
board  of  supervisors  shall  canvass  the  vote,  and  if  a  ma- 
jority of  the  votes  be  cast  in  favor  of  consolidation,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  school  superintendent  to 
call  a  special  election  within  ten  days  for  the  purpose  of 
electing-  a  board  of  trustees  for  such  consolidated  dis- 
trict. He  shall  cause  public  notices  to  be  posted  in  the 
same  way  and  manner  as  in  the  regular  election  of  trus- 
tees; said  election  to  be  held  in  the  school  house  most 
centrally  located. 

The  candidate  receiving  the  largest  number  of  votes 
shall  serve  two  years  from  the  first  day  of  April  next  fol- 
lowing the  one  receiving  the  next  highest  number  of 
votes  shall  serve  one  year  from  the  first  Saturday  in  April 
following,  and  the  one  receiving  the  next  highest  will 
serve  until  the  first  Saturday  in  April  next  following. 
Within  ten  days  after  such  election  the  county  superin- 
tendent shall  call  a  meeting  of  the  newly  elected  trustees, 
who  shall  organize  and  receive  from  the  various  boards 
all  property,  accounts  and  minutes  in  their  possession. 
All  property,  real  or  otherwise,  of  the  several  districts, 
shall  become  the  property  of  the  newly  formed  district; 
all  balances  or  deficits  in  the  funds  of  the  several  districts 
consolidated  shall  become  the  balance  or  deficit  of  the 
new  district;  all  bonded  indebtedness  of  the  several  dis- 
tricts consolidated  shall  become  the  bonded  indebtedness 
of  the  new  district. 

Par.  2724.  No  new  district  formed  by  the  subdi- 
vision of  an  old  one  is  entitled  to  any  share  of  the  public 


32  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

moneys  belonging  to  the  old  one  until  a  school  has  been 
actually  commenced  in  such  new  district. 

Par.  2725.  Unless  within  six  months  after  the  mak- 
ing of  an  order  creating  a  new  district,  school  is  opened 
therein  the  order  shall  cease  to  -have  effect. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 
SCHOOL  ELECTIONS. 

Par.  2726.  An  election  shall  be  held  on  the  last 
Saturday  of  March  in  each  year,  and  at  such  election 
there  shall  be  elected  one  trustee  in  each  school  district 
who  shall  hold  office  for  the  term  of  three  years  from  the 
Saturday  in  April  next  succeeding  his  election.  At  the 
first  election  held  in  a  newly  formed  district  three  school 
trustees  shall  be  elected,  one  for  a  term  of  one  year,  one 
for  a  term  of  two  years,  and  one  for  a  term  of  three  years, 
from  the  first  Saturday  in  April  next  succeeding  his  elec- 
tion. The  election  provided  for  in  this  section  must  be 
held  in  the  district  school  house,  or  if  there  be  none,  at 
a  place  designated  by  the  board  of  school  trustees. 

Par.  2727.  The  clerk  of  each  school  board  shall 
cause  written  or  printed  notices  to  be  posted,  specifying 
the  day  and  place  of  such  election  and  the  time  during 
which  the  ballot  box  will  be  kept  open.  Said  notices 
shall  be  posted  in  at  least  three  public  places  in  the  dis- 
trict, one  of  which  shall  be  at  the  school  house,  if  there 
be  one,  at  least  fifteen  days  previous  to  the  time  of  elec- 
tion. If  the  clerk  fails  to  give  such  notice,  then  any  two 
elgal  voters  residing  in  the  district  may  give  similar  no- 
tice of  such  election  at  least  ten  days  prior  thereto. 

Par.  2728.  The  trustees  shall  appoint  an  inspector, 
two  judges  and  two  clerks  of  election;  if  none  are  so  ap- 
pointed, or  if  those  appointed  are  not  present  at  the  time 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  33 

of  opening  the  polls,  the  electors  present  may  select 
them.  In  school  districts  having  a  school  census  popula- 
tion of  two  hundred  or  more,  officers  of  election  may  "be 
paid  three  dollars  each,  out  of  the  funds  of  the  school 

district. 

Par.  2729.  At  every  polling  place  in  school  districts 
for  school  elections  the  polls  shall  be  opened  at  ten 
o'clock  in  the  morning  on  the  day  of  election  and  shall 
remain  open  until  the  hour  of  six  o'clock  in  the  after- 
noon of  said  day  of  election,  at  which  hour  said  polls 
shall  be  closed.  The  inspector  shall  cause  proclamation 
to  be  made  of  the  opening  of  the  polls ;  also  proclamation 
to  be  made  of  the  closing  of  the  polls  one  hour  before 
closing,  and  fifteen  minutes  before  closing;  and  procla- 
mation to  be  made  of  closing  at  the  moment  of  closing 
the  polls.  The  inspector  and  -two  judges  shall  deter- 
mine when  the  hour  for  opening  the  polls  and  hour  for 
closing  the  polls,  respectively,  has  arrived ;  provided, 
that  any  person  who  may  be  within  the  polling  place  at 
the  moment  of  closing  the  polls  be  allowed  ten  minutes 
in  which  to  fill  out  and  deposit  his  ballot,  as  if  the  polls 
were  still  open. 

Par.  2730.  Every  person,  male  or  female,  of  the  age 
of  twenty-one  years  or  over,  who  is  a  citizen  of  the 
United  States,  and  who  has  been  a  resident  of  the  State 
of  Arizona  for  one  year,  and  of  the  district  for  thirty 
days  immediately  preceding  the  day  of  the  election,  and 
who  is  the  parent  or  guardian  of  a  minor  child  residing 
in  the  district,  or  who  has  paid  a  state  or  county  tax,  ex- 
clusive of  poll,  road  or  school  tax,  during  the  preceding 
year,  is  eligible  to  election  to  the  office  of  trustee,  and 
shall  be  entitled  to  vote  at  any  school  district  election; 
provided,  that  every  woman  offering  to  vote  at  such  elec- 
tion (who  is  otherwise  qualified  under  this  section)  and 
whose  husband  or  father  is  or  was  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States,  shall  be  treated  and  considered  as  a  (fttizen  of  the 


34  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

United  States  for  the  purpose  of  voting  at  such  election. 
And  provided  further,  that  every  woman  whose  husband 
is  a  taxpayer  on  community  property  and  who  is  other- 
wise qualified  to  vote  under  this  section,  shall  be  consid- 
ered a  qualified  elector  for  the  purpose  of  voting  at  such 
election.  Any  person  offering  to  vote  may  be  challenged 
by  any  legally  qualified  elector  of  the  district,  and  the 
inspector  or  a  judge  must  thereupon  administer  the  fol- 
lowing oath  to  the  person  challenged :  "You  do  solemnly 
swear  that  you  are  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  and  are 
now,  and  have  been,  a  resident  of  this  school  district 
during  the  thirty  days  preceding  this  election;  that  you 
are  the  parent  or  guardian  of  a  minor  child  residing  in 
this  school  district,  or  that  you  have  paid  (or  your  hus- 
band has  paid)  in  this  county  a  state  or  county  school 
tax,  and  that  you  have  not  voted  at  this  election,  so  help 
you  God."  If  he  or  she  takes  the  oath  prescribed  in  this 
section,  his  or  her  vote  shall  be  received,  otherwise  the 
vote  shall  be  rejected. 

Par.  2731.  A  poll  and  tally  list  prepared  and  fur- 
nished by  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 
must  be  kept  and  returned  to  the  board  of  trustees. 

Par.  2732.  The  officers  of  the  election  must,  after 
counting  the  votes,  make  and  deliver  certificates  of  elec- 
tion to  the  persons  elected ;  a  copy  of  said  certificate,  with 
the  oath  of  office  attached,  shall  be  forwarded  to  the 
county  school  superintendent  by  the  clerk  of  the  board 
of  trustees;  said  trustees  are  hereby  authorized  to  ad- 
minister to  each  other  the  oath  of  office. 

CHAPTER  IX. 
BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 

Par.  2733.  The  powers  and  duties  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  school  districts  are  as  follows: 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  35 

1. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  trustees,  any  two  of 
whom  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of 
business,  to  meet  at  such  place  in  the  district^as  may  be 
most  convenient,  on  the  first  Saturday  of  April  next  fol- 
lowing the  election,  to  organize  by  electing  one  of  their 
number  president  of  the  board  and  one  of  their  number 
clerk,  and  notify  the  county  school  superintendent  of  the 
same. 

2. — To  prescribe  and  enforce  rules  not  inconsistent 
with  law  or  those  prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation for  their  own  government  and  the  government  of 
the  schools.  They  shall  segregate  pupils  of  the  African 
race  from  pupils  of  the  white  races,  and  to  that  end  are 
empowered  to  provide  all  accommodations  made  neces- 
sary by  such  segregation. 

3. — To  manage  and  control  the  school  property 
within  their  districts. 

4. — To  purchase  such  school  furniture,  apparatus, 
equipment  and  supplies  as  they  may  deem  advisable  for 
the  use  of  the  schools. 

5. — To  rent,  furnish,  repair  and  insure  the  school 
property  of  their  respective  districts. 

6. — When  directed  by  a  vote  of  the  district,  to  build 
school  houses,  or  to  purchase  or  sell  school  sites. 

7. — To  make,  in  the  name  of  the  district,  convey- 
ances of  all  property  belonging  to  the  district  and  sold 
by  them. 

8. — To  employ,  under  written  contract,  all  employees 
of  the  schools.  Boards  of  trustees  may,  at  any  time 
after  the  annual  school  election  and  qualification  of  the 
new  members  of  the  school  board,  enter  into  contracts 
with  teachers,  principals,  janitors,  attendance  officers, 
school  physician  and  such  other  employees  as  are  neces- 


36  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

sary  for  the  succeeding  year,  and  fix  their  salaries.  No 
relative  of  any  trustee  shall  be  employed  in  the  district 
where  he  is.  a  trustee  except  by  the  unanimous  consent 
of  the  board  of  trustees.  The  term  "relative"  as  used  in 
this  section  shall  be  taken  to  include  the  husband  or 
wife  of  a  trustee,  a  relative  by  affinity  or  a  relative  by 
consanguinity  within  the  second  degree ;  provided,  how- 
ever, that  boards  of  trustees  shall  not  employ  any  teacher 
in  any  school  supported  by  public  funds  or  any  part 
thereof  until  such  teacher  has  receved  a  certificate  of 
qualificaton  therefor,  granted  by  the  State  Board  of  Ex- 
aminers. 

Boards  of  trustees  of  districts  having  an  average 
daily  attendance  of  five  hundred  or  more  may  employ 
a  city  superintendent  of  schools  or  principals,  or  boards 
of  trustees  of  two  or  more  contiguous  districts  having  an 
average  daily  attendance  of  five  hundred  or  more  may 
jointly  employ  a  principal.  The  salary  of  such  principal 
when  employed  by  more  than  one  district,  shall  be  pro 
rated  among  the  districts  employing  him  in  accordance 
with  the  number  of  children  of  school  age,  as  shown  by 
the  last  school  census,  in  the  district.  Such  principal 
must  hold  a  first  grade  state  or  life  certificate.  Boards 
of  trustees  may,  whenever  they  deem  it  advisable,  employ 
city  superintendents  of  schools  and  principals  for  any 
term. not  exceeding  two  years. 

Under  such  conditions  as  are  provided  for  by  the 
law,  boards  of  trustees  may  employ  such  special  teachers 
in  drawing,  music,  domestic  science,  manual  training, 
kindergarten,  commercial  work,  agriculture  and  other 
special  subjects  as  they  shall  deem  advisable. 

9. — To  expel  pupils  for  misconduct  and  to  exclude 
from  the  primary  grades  children  under  six  years  of  age. 

10. — To  enforce  in  schools  the  course  of  study  and 
the  use  of  text-books  prescribed  and  adopted  by  the 
State  Board  of  Education. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  37 

11. — To  appoint  district  librarians  and  enforce  the 
rules  prescribed  for  the  government  of  school  libraries. 

12. — To  exclude  from  schools  and  school  libraries  all 
books,  publications  or  papers  of  a  sectarian,  partisan  or 
denominational  character. 

13. — The  board  of  trustees  of  any  school  district  may 
admit  pupils  from  any  other  district  upon  the  written 
permit  from  the  board  of  trustees  of  such  other  district; 
provided,  however,  that  if  the  board  admits  a  pupil  from 
any  other  district  without  such  written  permit  the  at- 
tendance of  such  pupil  shall  be  credited  to  the  district  in 
which  such  pupil  resides. 

14. — On  the  first  day  of  February  in  each  year  to 
appoint  a  school  census  marshal  and  notify  the  county 
school  superintendent  thereof. 

15. — To  make  an  annual  report  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  July  to  the  county  school  superintendent,  in  the 
manner  and  form,  and  on  the  blanks  prescribed  by  the 
superintendent  of  public  instruction  or  county  school 
superintendent. 

16. — To  make  a  report  whenever  required,  directly 
to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  or  to  the 
county  school  superintendent. 

17. — To  visit  every  school  in  the  district,  and  ex- 
amine carefully  into  its  management,  condition  and  needs. 

18. — Boards  of  trustees  may  call  meetings  of  the 
qualified  school  electors  of  the  district  for  consultation 
in  regard  to  any  litigation  in  which  the  district  may  be 
engaged  or  likely  to  become  engaged,  or  in  regard  to 
any  other  affairs  of  the  district  not  otherwise  provided 
for,  or  upon  a  petition  of  fifteen  per  cent,  of  the  qualified 
electors  of  their  district,  as  shown  by  the  last  annual 
school  election,  they  must  call  such  meeting. 


38  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

Par.  2734.  Such  meetings  shall  be  called  by  post- 
ing notice  in  three  public  places  in  the  district,  including 
the  door  of  the  school  building,  if  there  be  one,  for  not 
less  than  ten  days  previous  to  the  time  for  which  the 
meeting  shall  be  called,  which  notice  shall  specify  the 
purpose  for  which  said  meeting  is  called,  and  no  other 
business  shall  be  transacted  at  said  meeting.  A  district 
meeting  shall  be  called  to  order  and  presided  over  by 
the  president  of  the  board  of  trustees,  or,  in  case  of  his 
absence,  by  an  elector  chosen  by  the  electors  present, 
and  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  trustees  shall  be  clerk  of 
the  meeting,  and  enter  the  minutes  thereof  in  the 
records  of  the  district.  At  such  meetings  all  voting  shall 
be  by  ballot,  and  any^person  attempting  to  vote  upon  any 
question  arising  before  said  meeting  may  be  challenged 
in  the  same  manner  and  with  like  force  and  effect  as  pre- 
scribed in  section  37  (Par.  2730)  of  this  title. 

Par.  2735.  A  meeting  thus  called  shall  be  compe- 
tent to  instruct  the  board  of  trustees  in  regard  to  prose- 
cuting, settling  or  compromising  any  litigation  in  which 
the  district  may  be  engaged  or  likely  to  become  en- 
gaged. But  in  all  other  matters  the  district  meeting 
shall  exercise  advisory  jurisdiction  only. 

Par.  2736.  The  board  of  trustees  of  any  school  dis- 
trict may,  whenever  in  their  judgment  it  is  advisable, 
and  must,  upon  petition  of  fifteen  per  cent,  of  the  school 
electors,  as  shown  by  the  poll  list  at  the  last  preceding 
annual  school  election,  residing  in  the  district,  call  an 
election  for  the  following  purposes: 

1. — In  regard  to  locating  or  changing  the  location  of 
school  houses. 

2. — In  regard  to  the  purchase  or  sale  of  school  sites 
or  school  houses. 

3. — TO  decide  whether  or  not  children  living  at  a 
greater  distance  than  one  mile  from  the  school  to  which 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.          ,          39 

they  have  been  assigned  shall  be  transported  to  and  from 
school  at  the  expense  of  the  district.  If  a  majority  of 
the  electors  voting  at  such  an  election  vote  that  such 
children  shall  be  transported,  then  the  trustees  shall 
estimate  the  expense  of  such  transportation  and  certify 
same  to  the  county  school  superintendent  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  July  of  each  year. 

The  county  school  superintendent  shall  include  such 
estimate  in  his  estimate  to  the  board  of  supervisors,  which 
board  of  supervisors  shall  levy  such  a  tax  rate  upon  the 
taxable  property  of  said  district  as  will  produce  the 
amount  asked  for,  which  shall  be  collected  in  the  same 
way  and  manner  by  the  county  tax  collector  as  other 
taxes  are  collected,  and  when  collected  shall  be  placed 
to  the  credit  of  the  school  district  from  which  same  was 
collected,  and  used  by  it  for  the  purpose  specified. 

4. — To  decide  whether  the  bonds  of  the  district  shall 
be  issued  and  sold  for  the  purpose  of  raising  money  for 
purchasing  or  leasing  school  lots,  for  building  school 
houses,  and  supplying  the  same  with  furniture  and  ap- 
paratus, and  improving  grounds,  or  for  the  purpose  of 
liquidating  any  indebtedness  already  incurred  for  such 
purposes. 

When  the  election  is  called  for  the  purpose  of  de- 
ciding in  regard  to  locating  or  relocating  school  build- 
ings, or  in  regard  to  the  purchases  or  sale  of  school  sites 
or  school  buildings,  the  election  shall  be  called  and 
conducted  under  the  same  conditions  as  apply  in  the 
regular  annual  school  election,  except  as  to  the  time 
of  holding  the  election,  and  the  notices  shall  state  spe- 
cifically the  information  necessary  for  voting  intelli- 
gently on  the  question.  The  board  of  trutees  shall  be 
governed  by  the  vote  of  the  majority  on  all  questions  sub- 
mitted to  the  electors  at  such  election. 

When  the  election  is  called  for  the  purpose  of  de- 
termining whether  the  bonds  of  the  district  shall  be  issued 


40  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

and  sold  for  the  purposes  enumerated  in  the  call  for  the 
election,  the  question  shall  be  submitted  to  the  bona  fide 
taxpayers  of  the  district,  and  only  such  persons  may  vote 
at  such  election  as  have  paid  in  their  own  name  a  county 
or  state  tax  upon  property  situated  within  such  district, 
other  than  poll,  road  or  school  tax,  during  the  preceding 
year,  and  who  are  in  all  other  respects  qualified  electors 
for  the  purpose  of  voting  at  regular  school  elections. 

Par.  2737.  An  election  for  the  purpose  of  determin- 
ing whether  the  bonds  of  the  districts  shall  be  issued 
must  be  called  by  posting  notices  signed  by  the  board  in 
three  public  places  in  the  district,  for  not  less  than  twenty 
days  before  the  election  ,  and  if  there  is  a  newspaper  pub- 
lished in  the  county,  by  publishing  such  notice  not  less 
than  once  a  week  for  three  successive  weeks. 

Par.  2738.     Such  notice  shall  contain: 

1. — The  purpose  and  place  of  holding  such  election. 

2. — The  names  of  three  judges  to  conduct  the   same. 

3* — The  hours  during  the  day  (not  less  than  six 
hours)  when  the  polls  will  be  open. 

4. — The  amount  and  denomination  of  the  bonds 
the  rate  of  interest,  and  the  number  of  years,  not  exceed- 
ing twenty,  the  whole  or  any  part  of  said  bonds  are  to  run. 

Par.  2739.  The  words  appearing  upon  the  ballots 
shall  be:  "Bonds,  yes,"  and  "Bonds,  no." 

Par.  2740.  On  the  seventh  day  after  said  election, 
at  1 :00  o'clock  P.  M.,  the  returns  having  been  made  to 
the  board  of  trustees,  the  board  must  meet  and  canvass 
said  returns;  if  it  appear  that  a  majority  of  the  votes 
cast  at  said  election  were  in  favor  of  issuing  such  bonds, 
then  the  board  shall  cause  an  entry  of  that  fact  to  be 
made  upon  its  minutes  and  shall  certify  to  the  board  of 
supervisors  of  the  county  all  the  proceedings  had  in  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  41 

premises,  and  thereupon  said  board  of  supervisors  shall 
be  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  issue 
the  bonds  of  such  district,  to  the  number  and  amount 
provided  in  such  proceedings,  payable  out  of  the  build- 
ing fund  of  such  district,  naming  the  same,  and  the 
money  shall  be  raised  by  taxation  upon  the  taxable  prop- 
erty in  said  district  for  the  redemption  of  said  bonds  and 
the  payment  of  the  interest  thereon;  provided,  that  no 
school  district  shall  issue  bonds  for  the  purposes  herein 
specified  to  an  amount  in  the  aggregate,  including  the 
existing  indebtedness  exceeding  six  per  cent,  on  the 
value  of  the  taxable  property  within  such  school  dis- 
trict, to  be  ascertained  by  the  last  assessment  of  state 
and  county  taxes  previous  to  the  issuing  of  such  bonds. 

Par.  2741.  The  board  of  supervisors,  by  an  order 
entered  upon  its  minutes,  shall  prescribe  the  form  of  said 
bonds,  and  of  the  interest  coupons  attached  thereto,  and 
must  fix  the  time  when  the  whole  or  any  part  of  the 
principal  of  said  bonds  shall  be  payable,  which  shall  not 
be  more  than  twenty  years  from  the  date  thereof. 

Par.  2742.  Said  bonds  may  not  bear  a  greater  rate 
of  interest  than  six  per  centum,  said  interest  to  be  pay- 
able semi-annually,  and  said  bonds  must  be  sold  in  the 
manner  prescribed  by  the  board  of  supervisors,  but  not 
for  less  than  par,  and  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  thereof 
must  be  deposited  in  the  cuonty  treasury,  to  the  credit 
of  the  building  fund  of  said  school  district,  and  be 
drawn  out  for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  as  other  school 
moneys  are  drawn. 

Par.  2743.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of 
supervisors  of  the  several  counties  of  this  state,  by  and 
with  the  consent  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  all  school 
districts  which  have  heretofore  or  which  may  hereafter 
issue  school  district  bonds,  to  invest  or  deposit  in  banks 
in  this  state  as  savings  accounts  or  otherwise,  any  or  all 


42  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

moneys  belonging  to  or  credited  to  such  school  district 
as  a  sinking  fund.  The  investment  or  deposit  of  such 
funds  to  be  done  and  made  by  competitive  bids  therefor, 
after  due  ntoice,  or  in  such  other  public  manner  as  in 
the  judgment  of  the  said  officers  may  be  deemed  to  be 
the  best  interests  of  such  school  district. 

In  making  investments  of  such  sinking  funds,  the 
said  officers,  may  purchase  only  interest  bearing  United 
States,  State,  county,  school  district  or  municipal  bonds. 

In  making  deposits  of  such  sinking  funds,  the  said 
officers  may  select  for  that  purpose  any  reputable 
national,  state  bank,  savings  bank  or  trust  company  in 
this  state,  and  to  obtain  the  highest  rate  of  interest  ob- 
tainable, not  less,  however,  than  four  per  cent,  per  an- 
num and  shall  take  from  such  institution  or  institutions 
as  security  for  such  deposit  negotiable  interest  bearing 
United  States,  State,  county,  school  district  or  municipal 
bonds,  or  surety  company  bonds,  in  an  amount  not  less 
than  the  amount  of  such  deposit;  provided,  that  no  such 
deposit  shall  be  made  for  a  longer  period  than  one  year; 
nothing  herein,  however,  shall  prevent  the  said  officers 
from  making  another  deposit  of  the  same  funds  in  the 
same  institution  at  the  expiration  of  any  term  of  deposit. 

Par.  2744.  All  moneys  due  as  interest  upon  invest- 
ments or  deposits  shall  be  paid  to  the  county  treasurer 
of  the  proper  county,  and  any  and  all  mortgages  and 
securities  taken  for  investments  and  deposits  shall  be 
in  the  name  of  the  county  in  which  any  such  school  dis- 
trict is  located,  as  principal,  and  shall  be  delivered  to 
the  county  treasurer  for  safe  keeping. 

Par.  2745.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  treas- 
urer of  the  several  counties  in  this  state  in  whose  keep- 
ing any  sinking  funds  for  any  school  district  may  be 
intrusted  to  provide  and  keep  in  a  book  or  books  pre- 
pared for  that  purpose  a  separate  account  of  all  school 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  43 

district  sinking  funds,  showing  the  particular  school  dis- 
trict to  which  such  fund  is  credited  or  belongs ;  and  on 
the  first  Monday  in  each  month  he  shall  credit  in  the 
said  book  the  amount  of  money  •collected  during  the  pre- 
ceding month  to  which  such  school  district  is  entitled; 
to  receive  and  credit  in  said  book  any  and  all  interest 
or  income  earned  by  the  said  sinking  fund,  and  to  keep 
a  true  and  correct  account  of  all  investments  or  deposits 
of  such  sinking  funds,  showing  the  names  of  the  bank  or 
banks,  savings  banks  or  trust  companies  where  any  such 
sinking  funds  or  any  portion  thereof,  may  be  invested  or 
deposited,  showing  the  length  of  time,  rate  of  interest 
and  kind  and  character  of  any  and  all  securities  taken 
therefor,  and  such  other  information  as  may  be  necessary 
to  keep  a  complete  record  or  account  of  all  such  invest- 
ments or  deposits. 

Par.  2746.  Whenever  any  bonds  issued  by  any 
school  district  shall  have  been  sold  and  the  proceeds 
thereof  are  not  required  to  be  used  for  a  period  of  three 
months  or  more,  the  board  of  supervisors  shall,  with  the 
consent  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  such  school  district, 
cause  the  moneys  not  required  for  use  within  such  period 
of  three  months  to  be  deposited  in  some  bank  or  bank- 
ing institution,  and  to  obtain  the  highest  rate  of  interest 
obtainable,  not  less  than  four  per  cent,  per  annum.  All 
the  provisions  of  the  three  preceding  sections  shall  apply 
to  the  deposits  made  under  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

Par.  2747.  The  board  of  supervisors,  at  the  time  of 
making  the  levy  of  taxes  for  county  purposes,  must  levy 
a  tax  for  that  year  upon  the  taxable  property  in  such 
district,  for  the  interest  and  redemption  of  said  bonds, 
and  such  tax  must  not  be  less  than  sufficient  to  pay  the 
interest  of  said  bonds  for  that  year,  and  such  portion 
of  the  principal  as  is  to  become  due  during  such  year, 
and  in  any  event  must  be  high  enough  to  raise,  annu- 
ally, for  the  first  half  of  the  term  said  bonds  have  to 


44  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

run  a  sufficient  sum  to  pay  the  interest  thereon,  and 
during  the  balance  of  the  term  high  enough  to  pay  such 
annual  interest  and  to  pay,  annually,  a  portion  of  the 
principal  of  said  bonds  ejjual  to  a  sum  produced  by  tak- 
ing the  whole  amount  of  said  bonds  outstanding  and 
dividing  it  by  the  number  of  years  said  bonds  then  have 
to  run;  and  all  moneys  so  levied,  when  collected,  shall 
be  paid  into  the  county  treasury  to  the  credit  of  the 
building  fund  of  such  district,  and  must  be  used  for 
the  payment  of  principal  and  interest  on  said  bonds,  and 
for  no  other  purpose.  The  principal  and  interest  on  said 
bonds  shall  be  paid  by  the  county  treasurer  out  of  the 
fund  provided  therefor;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
county  treasurer  to  cancel  all  bonds  and  coupons  as 
rapidly  as  they  are  paid. 

Par.  2748.  If  the  board  of  supervisors  of  any 
county  which  has  issued  bonds  under  the  provisions  of 
this  title  shall  fail  to  make  the  levy  necessary  to  pay 
such  bonds  or  interest  coupons  at  maturity,  and  the 
same  shall  have  been  presented  to  the  county  treasurer, 
and  the  payment  thereof  refused,  the  owner  thereof  may 
file  the  bonds,  together  with  all  unpaid  coupons,  with 
the  State  Auditor,  taking  his  receipt  therefor,  and  the 
same  shall  be  registered  in  the  State  Auditor's  office, 
and  the  State  Board  of  Equalization  shall  at  their  next 
session,  and  at  each  annual  equalization  thereafter,  add 
to  the  state  tax  to  belevied  in  said  district  a  sufficient 
rate  to  realize  the  amount  of  principal  or  interest  past 
due  prior  to  the  next  levy,  and  the  same  shall  be  levied 
and  collected  as  a  part  of  the  state  tax,  and  paid  into 
the  state  treasury,  and  passed  to  the  special  credit  of 
such  district  bond  tax,  and  shall  be  paid  by  warrants  as 
the  payments  mature,  to  the  holder  of  such  registered  ob- 
ligations as  shown  by  the  register  in  the  office  of  the 
State  Auditor  until  the  same  shall  be  fully  satisfied  and 
discharged,  any  balance  then  remaining  being  passed  to 
the  general  account  and  credit  of  said  district. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  45 

.  Par.  2749.  Whenever  any  bond  issue  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  title  shall  remain  unsold  for  the  period  of 
six  months  after  having  been  offered  for  sale  in  the  man- 
ner prescribed  by  the  board  of  supervisors,  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  school  district,  for  or  on  account  of  which 
such  bonds  were  issued,  or  of  any  school  district  com- 
posed wholly  or  partly  of  territory  which  at  the  time 
of  holding  the  election  mentioned  in  section  43  (Par. 
2736) ,  was  embraced  within  the  district  for  or  on  account 
of  which  such  bonds  were  issued,  may  petition  the  board 
of  supervisors  to  cause  such  unsold  bonds  to  be  with- 
drawn from  market  and  cancelled.  Upon  receiving  such 
petition,  signed  by  a  majority  of  the  members  of  said 
board  of  trustees,  the  supervisors  shall  fix  a  time  for 
hearing  the  same,  which  shall  not  be  more  than  thirty 
days  thereafter,  and  shall  cause  a  notice  stating  the  time 
and  place  of  hearing,  and  the  object  of  the  petition  in 
general  terms  to  be  published  for  ten  days  prior  to  the 
day  of  hearing  in  some  newspaper  published  in  said  school 
district,  if  there  is  one,  and  if  there  is  no  newspaper 
published  in  .said  school  district,  then  in  a  newspa- 
per published  at  the  county  seat  of  the  county  in 
which  such  school  or  some  part  thereof  is  situated. 
At  the  time  and  place  designated  in  the  notice  of 
hearing  said  petition,  or  at  any  subsequent  time  to 
which  said  hearing  may  be  postponed,  the  supervis- 
ors shall  hear  any  reason  that  may  be  submitted  for 
or  against  the  granting  of  the  petition,  and  if  they 
shall  deem  it  for  the  best  interests  of  the  school  dis- 
trict named  in  the  petition  that  such  unsold  bonds  be 
cancelled,  they  shall  make  and  enter  an  order  in  the 
minutes  of  their  proceedings  that  said  unsold  bonds  are 
cancelled,  and  thereupon  said  bonds  and  the  vote  by 
which  they  were  authorized  to  be  issued  shall  cease  to 
be  of  any  validity  whatever. 

Par.   2750.     Boards  of  trustees   must  maintain  all 
the  schools  established  by  them  for  a  period  of  not  less 


46  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

than  eight  months  during  each  school  year,  and  if.  the 
funds  of  the  district  are  sufficient,  they  shall  maintain 
them  for  a  longer  period,  and  as  far  as  practicable  with 
equal  rights  and  privileges;  provided,  that  the  board  of 
trustees  of  any  district  may  make  such  segregation  of 
groups  of  pupils  as  they  may  deem  advisable,  and,  pro- 
vided further,  that  the  boards  of  trustees  may  maintain 
at  the  expense  of  the  district  such  special  schools  dur- 
ing the  vacation  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  for  the 
benefit  of  the  pupils  of  the  district. 

Par.  2751.  Boards  of  trustees  must  use  the  school 
moneys  received  during  the  school  year  from  the  state 
and  county  apportionment  exclusively  for  the  payment 
of  salaries  of  teachers  and  other  employees  of  the  dis- 
trict and  contingent  expenses  for  the  school  year.  If 
a  balance  remain  in  the  school  fund  of  a  district  after  the 
expense  of  maintaining  school  for  a  period  of  eight 
months  during  the  school  year  shall  have  been  actually 
paid,  such  balance  may  be  used  in  paying  debts  of  the 
district  incurred  during  the  previous  year  for  teachers' 
salaries  and  contingent  expenses,  or  it  may  be  expended 
for  repairing  the  school  house  or  for  improving  the  school 
ground,  or  in  the  purchase  of  school  furniture,  fixtures, 
equipment  and  supplies,  but  no  part  of  said  money  may 
be  used  in  paying  interest  or  principal  of  the  bonded 
debts  of  the  district,  or  in  the  purchase  of  lands  for 
school  purposes. 

Provided,  that  funds  received  from  sources  other 
than  state,  county  or  school  district  levies,  may  be  used 
in  building  schools  or  in  purchasing  lands  for  schools. 

Par.  2752.  If  any  board  of  trustees  fail  to  appoint 
a  census  marshal  at  the  proper  time,  and  through  such 
failure  the  district  is  omitted  in  the  apportionment  of 
school  moneys,  then  in  such  case  the  trustees  are  hereby 
made,  jointly  and  severally,  personally  liable  to  the  dis- 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  47 

trict  for  the  full  amount  which  the  district  would  have 
received  but  for  such  failure. 

Par.  2753.  Boards  of  trustees  are  liable  as  such,  in 
the  name  of  the  district,  for  any  judgment  against  the 
district,  for  salary  due  any  teacher  on  contract,  and  for 
all  debts  contracted  under  the  provisions  of  this  title,  and 
they  shall  pay  such  judgments  or  liabilities  out  of  the 
school  moneys  to  the  credit  of  such  district. 

CHAPTER  X. 

> 
DISTRICT  CENSUS  MARSHALS. 

Par.  2754.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  census  mar- 
shal, during  the  month  of  February  of  each  year,  to  take 
the  census  of  all  children  between  six  and  twenty-one 
years  of  age  in  his  district. 

Par.  2755.  He  shall  report  the  result  of  his  labors 
to  the  county  school  superintendent  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  April  of  the  year  in  which  the  census  is  taken. 

Par.  2756.  His  report  must  be  made  under  oath, 
upon  the  blanks  furnished  by  the  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction,  and  must  show : 

1. — The  number,  age,  sex,  color  and  nationality  of 
the  children  listed,  Indians  excepted,  provided  that  In- 
dians not  living  on  reservations  shall  be  enumerated. 

2. — The  names  of  parents  and  guardians  of  said 
children. 

3. — The  number  of  children  between  the  ages  of  six 
and  twenty-one.  v 

4. — The  number  of  children  between  the  ages  of 
eight  and  sixteen. 

5. — The  number  attending  public  schools. 


48  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

6. — The  number  attending  private  schools. 
7. — The  number  not  attending  school. 

8. — Such  other  facts  as  the  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction  may  designate. 

9. — He  must  include  in  his  report  all  children  that 
are  absent,  attending  institutions  of  learning,  but  whose 
parents  or  guardians  are  residents  of  the  district. 

10. — He  must  not  include  in  his  report  children  who 
are  attending  school  in  the  district,  but  whose  parents 
do  not  reside  therein. 

Par.  2757.  He  shall  visit  each  habitation,  home, 
residence,  domicile  or  place  of  abode  in  his  district,  and 
by  actual  observation  and  interrogation  enumerate  the 
census  children  of  the  same. 

Par.  2758.  Whenever  a  district  is  formed  lying 
partly  in  two  adjoining  counties,  the  census  marshal  must 
report  to  each  county  school  superintendent  the  number 
of  children  in  each  county  within  the  district. 

Par.  2759.  Where  any  chartered  municipal  corpor- 
ation lies  within  a  school  district  and  comprises  a  por- 
tion only  of  the  territory  and  inhabitants  contained  in 
said  district,  if  such  municipal  corporation  be  desirous 
of  securing  a  complete  census  of  all  the  inhabitants  living 
within  its  corporate  limits,  the  mayor  and  common  coun- 
cil of  such  municipal  corporation  may  serve  written 
notice  to  such  effect  upon  the  trustees  of  such  school 
district  and  the  census  marshall  at  least  one  week  pre- 
vious to  the  taking  of  the  school  census  in  the  said  dis- 
trict, and  thereupon  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  census 
marshal  to  include  in  the  school  census  the  number, 
names,  age,  sex,  color  and  nationality  of  all  the  inhabi- 
tants residing  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  munici- 
pal corporation;  provided,  however,  that  the  added  ex- 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  49 

pense  incident  thereto  shall    be    first    provided  by  the 
municipal  corporation  requesting  such  complete  census. 

Par.  2760.  Whenever  a  census  of  the  entire  inhab- 
itants of  a  municipal  corporation  is  taken  in  conformity 
with  the  preceding  section  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  cen- 
sus marshal  to  report  the  result  of  his  labors  to  the  mayor 
and  common  council  under  whose  request  said  census 
was  taken,  within  thirty  days  from  the  completion  of 
such  census. 

Par.  2761.  The  census  marshal  shall  have  power 
to  administer  oaths  to  parents  and  guardians. 

2762.  If  at  any  time  the  county  school  superin- 
tendent has  reason  to  believe  that  a  correct  report  has 
not  been  returned,  he  may  appoint  a  census  marshal, 
have  the  census  taken  ,and  the  compensation  for  the 
same  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  school  fund  of  that  district, 
on  a  warrant  on  the  county  treasurer,  countersigned 
by  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  supervisors. 

Par.  2763.  The  compensation  of  the  census  marshal 
shall  be  as  determined  by  the  board  of  school  trustees, 
and  shall  not  exceed  fifteen  cents  per  capita  for  the 
names  of  the  pupils  of  school  age  residing  in  the  dis- 
trict, provided  that  the  minimum  amount  paid  for  such 
service  in  any  school  district  shall  not  be  less  than  five 
dollars.  The  compensation  of  census  marshals  must  be 
audited  and  paid  as  other  claims  allowed  by  the  trus- 
tees of  the  district  are  audited  and  paid.  If  the  census 
marshal  neglect  or  refuse  to  make  his  report  at  the  time 
and  in.  the  manner  herein  required,  he  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction,  be  pun- 
ished by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  or  im- 
prisonment for  not  more  than  three  months. 


50  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

CHAPTER  XL 

CLERKS  OF  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS. 
Par.  2764.     It  is  the  duty  of  the  clerk : 

1. — To  act  as  clerk  of  the  board  and  keep  a  record 
of  its  proceedings  without  compensation. 

2. — To  keep  an  itemized  account  of  the  receipts  and 
expenditures  of  school  moneys. 

3. — To  keep  his  records  and  accounts  open  to  the 
inspection  of  the  electors  of  the  district. 

4. — To  discharge  such  other  duties  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  board.  In  school  districts  having  an  aver- 
age attendance  of  five  hundred  or  more  pupils,  the  board, 
by  unanimous  vote,  may  allow  him  reasonable  compen- 
sation for  his  work,  which  shall  not  be  in  excess  of  one 
hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

5. — In  school  districts  comprising  districts  having  a 
school  population  of  one  thousand  or  over,  as  shown  by 
the  last  school  census,  the  board  of  trustees  may  employ 
a  competent  person  to  act  as  secretary  of  the  board,  and 
to  perform  such  other -clerical  duties  in  connection  with 
the  schools  as  may  be  required.  The  salary  of  such 
employee  shall  be  as  determined  by  the  board  of  trus- 
tees, and  shall  not  exceed  nine  hundred  dollars  per  an- 
num, and  must  be  audited  and  paid  as  other  claims 
against  the  district  are  audited  and  paid. 

Par.  2765.  The  clerk  of  each  district  must,,  under 
the  direction  of  the  board  of  trustees,  provide  all  school 
supplies,  and  keep  the  school  house  and  premises  in 
repair,  as  it  may  be  deemed  necessary.  No  order  on 
any  county  school  superintendent  for  any  teacher's 
salary,  or  other  expense,  shall  be  valid  unless  signed  by 
at  least  two  members  of  the  board  of  trustees. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  51 

CHAPTER  XII. 
SCHOOLS. 

Par.  2766.  The  school  year  shall  begin  on  the  first 
day  of  July  and  end  on  the  last  day  of  June. 

Par.  2767.  A  school  month  is  considered  and 
taken  to  be  twenty  school  days,  or  four  weeks  of  five 
days  each;  provided,  that  when  any  of  the  following 
days:  the  fourth  day  of  July,  the  twenty-fifth  day  of 
December,  the  annual  Thanksgiving  Day,  occurs  within 
the  school  week ;  the  schools  shall  be  closed  and  the  pay 
of  the  teachers  shall  not  be  diminished  on  that  account. 

Boards  of  trustees  may,  in  their  discretion,  declare 
a  recess  during  the  Christmas  holiday  season,  not  to 
exceed  two  school  weeks;  provided,  that  the  teachers 
shall  receive  their  regular  pay. 

Par.  2768.  Every  school,  unless  otherwise  provided 
by  law,  must  be  open  for  the  admission  of  children  be- 
tween six  and -twenty-one  years  of  age,  residing  in  the 
district.  The  board  of  trustees  have  power  to  admit 
adults  and  children  not  residing  in  the  district  but 
within  the  state,  upon  such  terms  as  the  trustees  may  pre- 
scribe. They  may  also  admit  the  children  of  non-resi- 
dents of  the  state,  upon  payment  of  a  reasonable  tuition 
fee,  to  be  fixed  by  the  board  of  trustees.  Trustees  shall 
have  the  power  to  exclude  children  of  filthy  or  vicious 
habits,  or  children  suffering  from  contagious  or  infec- 
tious diseases. 

Par.  2769.  All  schools  must  be  taught  in  the  Eng- 
lish language. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

HIGH  SCHOOLS. 

Par.  2770.  Any  school  district  having  an  average 
daily  attendance  of  two  hundred  (200)  or  more  pupils, 


52  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

or  having  an  assessed  valuation  of  one  million  five  hun- 
dred thousand  ($1,500,000)  dollars,  or  more,  may  by 
a  majority  vote  of  the  qualified  school  electors  thereof, 
establish  and  maintain  a  high  school;  or  two  or  more 
adjoining  school  districts  having  a  joint  average  daily 
attendance  of  two  hundred  (200)  or  more  pupils;  or 
having  a  joint  assessed  valuation  of  one  million  five  hun- 
dred thousand  ($1,500,000)  dollars,  or  more,  may  unite 
and  form  a  union  high  school  district  for  the  purpose 
of  establishing  and  maintaining  a  high  school  therein 
at  the  expense  of  such  high  school  district  or  union  high 
school  district;  provided,  that  no  such  high  school  dis- 
trict shall  be  formed  or  territory  already  embodied  in 
any  high  school  district,  unless  the  remaining  territory 
of  the  original  district  shall  be  contiguous  and  shall  have 
an  assessed  valuation  of  three  million  ($3,000,000)  dol- 
lars, or  more;  provided  further,  that  when  a  new  dis- 
trict shall  be  formed  under  the  terms  of  this  Act  from 
territory  already  included  in  a  union  high  school  dis- 
trict, such  territory  shall  no  longer  be  included  in  such 
original  high  school  district;  and,  provided  further,  that 
the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  have  power  to  estab- 
lish a  high  school  district  in  any  district  not  meeting 
the  requirements  of  this  Act  should  a  majority  of  the 
electors  residing  in  such  district  petition  said  Board  for 
the  establishment  of  such  district. 

Par.  2771.  When  a  majority  of  the  board  of  trus- 
tees of  a  district  or  a  majority  of  the  trustees  of  each  of 
two  or  more  adjoining  districts,  shall  unite  in  a  petition 
to  the  county  school  superintendent  accompanied  by  a 
petition  for  the  establishment  of  such  high  school,  signed 
by  not  less  than  one  hundred  resident  school  electors  of 
such  district,  or  districts ;  or  when  fifteen  per  cent,  of  the 
resident  property  taxpayers  of  two  or  more  adjoining 
districts  shall  unite  in  a  petition  for  the  establishment  of 
such  high  school,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  school- 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  53 

superintendent  to  call  an  election  within  twenty  days 
thereafter  for  the  determination  of  such  question.  Public 
notices  of  such  election,  not  less  than  five  days  in  such 
single  district,  and  not  less  than  three  days  in  each  dis- 
trict composing  the  proposed  union  district  shall  be 
posted,  one  of  which  shall  be  upon  the  door  of  the  school 
house  in  each  district,  at  least  ten  days  before  said  elec- 
tion. Said  election  shall  be  conducted  as  nearly  as  prac- 
ticable in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law  for  conducting 
annual  school  elections  of  trustees. 

Par.  2772.  The  ballots  in  such  elections  shall  con- 
tain the  words,  "For  High  School,"  and  the  voter  shall 
write  or  print  thereafter  on  the  ballot  the  word  "yes," 
or  the  word  "no."  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officers  of 
such  elections  to  report  the  result  to  the  county  super- 
intendent of  schools. 

Par.  2773.  If  a  majority  of  such  votes  cast  are  in 
favor  of  a  high  school,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county 
superintendent  of  schools  to  call  an  election  of  the  qual- 
ified school  electors  in  such  single  district,  or  of  the 
school  districts  uniting,  within  fifteen  days,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  locating  the  said  high  school.  He  shall  cause 
public  notices  to  be  posted  in  each  district  as  afore- 
said, and  said  election  shall  be  conducted  in  the  manner 
prescribed  for  the  election  of  trustees. 

Par.  2774.  In  any  single  district,  or  union  high 
school  district  that  has  determined  to  establish  such 
high  schools,  an  annual  tax  shall  be  levied  by  the  author- 
ities whose  duty  it  is  to  levy  taxes  in  counties,  the 
amount  of  said  tax  being  estimated  by  the  high  school 
board  of  education  of  said  district,  and  by  them  certified 
to  the  county  school  superintendent  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  July  of  each  year.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  proper  authorities  to  levy  such  rate  upon  the 
property  of  the  said  single  district,  or  union  high  school 


54  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

district,  as  will  produce  the      amount  estimated  to   be 
necessary  for  such  purposes. 

Par.  2775.  The  high  school  shall  be  in  charge  of  a 
board  of  education,  who  shall  consist: 

1. — In  any  single  high  school  district,  of  the  three 
school  trustees  in  such  district. 

2. — In  any  union  high  school  district,  of  five  mem- 
bers, three  of  whom  shall  be  residents  of  the  school  dis- 
trict in  which  the  high  school  is  situated.  The  other 
two  members  shall  be  residents  of  the  remaining  terri- 
tory of  the  union  district.  All  members  of  the  board  of 
education  shall  be  qualified  school  electors  of  the  union 
high  school  district,  and  shall  be  elected  on  the  last 
Saturday  of  March  in  each  year  in  the  manner  that  school 
trustees  are  elected. 

Par.  2776.  The  officers  of  the  election  must,  after 
counting  the  votes,  make  and  deliver  certificates  of 
election  to  the  persons  elected ;  a  copy  of  said  certificate, 
with  oath  of  office  attached,  shall  be  forwarded  to  the 
county  school  superintendent  by  the  clerk  of  the  board 
of  education;  provided,  however,  that  no  trustee  of  any 
school  district  composing  the  union  district  shall  be 
elected  a  member  of  the  high  school  board.  The  term  of 
office  of  a  member  of  the  high  school  board  of  education 
in  any  union  high  school  district  shall  be  five  years,  ex- 
cept as  hereinafter  provided. 

Upon  the  formation  of  any  union  high  school  dis- 
trict the  members  of  the  board  of  education  of  such  high 
school  district  shall  be  appointed  by  the  county  superin- 
tendent of  schools  and  shall  hold  office  until  the  first 
Saturday  in  April  next  ensuing.  At  the  first  election  that 
occurs  after  the  formation  of  such  union  high  school  dis- 
trict one  member  of  said  high  school  board  shall  be 
elected  for  a  term  of  one  year;  one  for  a  term  of  two 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  55 

years,  one  for  a  term  of  three  years,  one  for  a  term  of 
four  years,  and  one  for  a  term  of  five  years.  Every  year 
thereafter  there  shall  be  elected  one  member  to  fill  the 
office  made  vacant  by  the  term  of  office  which  has  ex- 
pired; provided,  that  nothing  contained  herein  shall 
affect  the  present  term  of  office  of  any  member  of  a 
union  high  school  board  heretofore  elected. 

Par.  2777.  Said  board  shall  meet  and  organize,  at 
the  same  time  and  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  for 
organizing  boards  of  trustees,  except  that  the  clerk  of 
a  board  of  education  of  a  high  school  may  or  may  not 
be  a  member  of  said  board,  and  notify  the  county  school 
superintendent  of  the  organization.  For  the  manage- 
ment of  high  schools,  the  board  shall  have  all  the  powers 
and  duties  that  are  now,  or  may  hereafter  be  vested  in 
school  trustees. 

Par.  2778.  The  course  of  study  of  such  high  schools 
shall  be  prescribed  by  the  high  school  board  of  educa- 
tion, subject  to  approval  by  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

Par.  2779.  All  pupils  shall  be  promted  from  the 
eighth  grade  of  the  common  schools  on  certificate  of  pro- 
motion, signed  by  the  teacher  or  principal  or  city  super- 
intendent of  the  eighth  grade,  and  the  county  superin- 
tendent of  schools.  Such  certificates  of  promotion 
shall  be  granted  in  the  manner  and  on  such  quali- 
fications as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  State  Board 
of  Education.  Such  certificates  shall  admit  the 
holders  thereof  to  admittance  to  any  high  school 
in  the  state.  The  principal  of  the  high  school 
shall  exercise  supervision  over  the  work  of  the 
eighth  grade  of  all  schools  situated  in  the  union  high 
school  district,  except  such  schools  as  employ  a  superin- 
tendent or  principal.  Non-residents,  otherwise  quali- 
fied, may.  be  admitted  on  the  same  conditions  as  residents 
upon  paying  a  reasonable  fee  to  be  fixed  by  the  board 


56  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

in  charge  of  the  high  school.  The  residence  of  the 
father  during  his  life,  and  after  his  death  the  residence 
of  the  mother  while  she  remains  unmarried,  shall  be  the 
residence  of  the  unmarried  child.  There  can  be  but  one 
residence. 

Par.  2780.  High  school  district,  and  union  high 
school  districts  may  vote  bonds  for  the  same  purpose 
and  in  the  same  manner  as  common  school  districts. 

Par.  2781.  In  any  county  wherein  no  high  school 
has  been  established,  the  board  of  supervisors  of  such 
county,  when  in  their  judgment  it  appears  necessary, 
may,  or  upon  petition  signed  by  fifteen  per  cent,  of  the 
registered  electors  of  such  county,  shall  call  an  election 
for  such  county  to  determine  whether  or  not  a  county 
union  high  school  shall  be  established  for  such  county, 
and  for  the  location  of  such  high  school.  Said  election 
shall  be  conducted  as  nearly  as  practicable  in  the  man- 
ner prescribed  by  law  for  conducting  annual  school 
elections  of  trustees. 

Par.  2782.  The  ballots  in  such  election  shall  con- 
tain the  words  "for  county  union  high  school,"  and  be-' 
neath  said  words,  the  words  "location  of  county  union 
high  school,"  and  the  voters  shall  write  after  the  words 
"for  county  union  high  school"  the  word  "yes"  or  the 
word  "no,"  and  the  voters  shall  write  after  the  words 
"location  of  county  union  high  school"  the  name  of  the 
desired  place  of  location.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
officers  of  such  election  to  report  the  result  to  the  county 
superintendent  of  schools. 

Par.  2783.  If  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  in  such 
election  are  in  favor  of  a  high  school,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  to  call  an  elec- 
tion, within  fifteen  days,  of  the  qualified  school  electors 
of  said  county  for  the  purpose  of  electing  the. board  of 
education  for  said  high  school.  The  county  superin- 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  57 

tendent  of  schools  shall  also,  declare  the  name  of  the 
place  receiving  the  greatest  number  of  votes  as  the  place 
of  location  of  such  county  union  high  school. 

The  said  board  of  education  shall  be  as  provided  in 
subdivision  2  of  Sec.  79,  Capter  77,  of  the  Laws  of  the 
Regular  Session  of  the  First  Legislature  of  the  State  of 
Arizona,  1912  (Paragraph  2775),  for  union  high  school 
districts,  and  shall  be  elected  in  the  same  manner  and 
for  the  same  terms. 

Par.  2784.  Such  high  school  district,  when  estab- 
lished,- shall  be  known  as  the  county  union  high  school 
district,  and  shall  be  composed  of  all  the  school  districts 
within  the  county;  provided,  that  whenever  thereafter 
a  school  district  shall  establish  a  high  school  or  a  num- 
ber of  districts  establish  a  union  high  school,  then  such 
district  or  districts  shall  no  longer  be  included  in  said 
county  union  high  school  district,  and  the  said  county 
union  high  school  district  shall  be  composed  of  all  the 
remaining  school  districts  in  the  county;  provided,  fur- 
ther, that  the  school  district  wherein  said  county  union 
high  school  is  located  shall  not  establish  any  other  high 
school  district,  or  join  in  establishing  any  other  union  high 
school  district,  so  long  as  said  county  union  high  school 
shall  be  maintained  within  said  school  district. 

Par.  2785.  County  union  high  schools,  as  herein 
provided  for,  shall  be  maintained  and  governed  in  the 
same  manner  and  under  the  same  provisions  of  law  as 
other  union  high  schools. 

Par.  2786.  The  board  of  supervisors,  whenever  in 
their  judgment  it  appears  necessary,  may,  or  upon  peti- 
tion of  fifteen  per  centum  of  the  qualified  school  electors 
of  the  county  union  high  school  district  shall  call  an  elec- 
tion of  the  qualified  school  electors  of  the  county  union 
high  school  district  to  determine  whether  or  not  the 
county  union  high  school  shall  be  discontinued.  Said 


58  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

election  shall  be  called,  carried  out,  and  the  result  deter- 
mined in  the  same  manner  as  elections  called  for  the  es- 
tablishing of  such  county  union  high  school  district,  ex- 
cept that  only  such  districts  shall  participate  in  such 
election  as  remain  a  part  of  such  county  union  high 
school  district. 

Par.  2787.  Whenever  it  has  been  decided,  as  here- 
inbefore provided,  that  such  county  union  high  school 
shall  be  dsicontinued  the  board  of  supervisors  shall  sell 
the  property  of  such  county  union  high  school  district  ta 
the  best  advantage,  and  after  paying  the  debts  of  said 
county  union  high  school  district,  if  a  balance  remains, 
said  balance  shall  be  distributed  pro  rata  according  to 
the  average  attendance  to  all  remaining  high  school 
districts  within  the  county. 

Par.  2788.  Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  considered 
or  taken  to  repeal  or  modify  any  law  now  extant  re- 
lating to  high  schools,  but  shall  be  considered  and  taken 
to  be  cumulative  and  an  addition  to  such  laws. 

Par.  2789.  Any  school  district,  high  school  district 
or  union  high  school  district,  which  has  been  recognized 
by  the  board  of  supervisors  and  county  superintendent 
of  schools,  of  the  respective  county  in  which  organized 
as  duly  and  legally  organized  school  district,  high  school 
district,  or  union  high  school  district,  as  the  case  may  be, 
for  at  least  one  year  immediately  preceding  the  passage 
of  this  act  is  hereby  declared  to  be  legally  organized, 
and  qualified  to  conduct  all  business  and  perform  all  acts 
mentioned  and  permitted  to  be  done  and  performed  by 
any  such  district  by  the  general  law  or  otherwise ;  and  all 
acts  and  things  done  or  permitted  to  be  done  as  afore- 
said, by  any  such  school  district;  high  school  district,  or 
union  high  school  district,  whether  such  district  has  been 
legally  organized  or  not,  are  hereby  confirmed,  ap- 
proved and  validated;  and  any  such  district  which  shall 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  59 

hereafter  act  as  a^  legally  organized  school  district,  high 
school  district,  o*r  union  high  school  district  for  the 
period  of  two  years  shall  be  deemed  in  law  to  have  been 
duly  and  legally  organized  according  to  the  provisions 
of  law.  The  boundaries  of  any  such  districts  are  hereby 
declared  to  be  the  boundaries  claimed  and  fixed  by  such 
district  or  districts  at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  act; 
provided,  that  such  boundaries  may  from  time  to  time 
he  changed  and  altered  in  the  manner  now  or  hereafter 
to  be  prescribed  by  law;  and  provided  that  if  any  such 
district  of  districts  claim  territory  in  conflict  with  any 
such  district  or  districts  anyone  or  all  of  such  districts, 
may  petition  the  board  of  supervisors  of  the  county  in 
which  such  district  or  districts  are  located  that  said 
board  by  its  proper  action  fix  and  determine  the  boun- 
daries of  each  of  such  districts.  Such  petition  or  peti- 
tions shall  state  the  name  of  the  district  or  districts 
affected,  the  names  of  the  officers  of  such  district  or  dis- 
tricts and  the  boundaries  claimed  by  each,  and  shall  be 
signed  by  the  clerk  of  such  district.  Upon  the  filing  of 
such  petition  the  board  of  supervisors  shall  appoint  a 
day  for  hearing,  and  shall  give  written  notice  to  the 
clerk  or  clerks  or  such  district  or  districts  of  the  date 
fixed  for  hearing  such  petition  or  petitions,  which  shall 
he  not  less  than  twenty  and  not  more  than  sixty  days 
from  the  date  of  the  filing  of  such  petition  or  petitions. 
On  the  day  of  hearing  tHe  board  of  supervisors  shall  re- 
ceive and  consider  the  representations  and  claims  of  the 
district  or  districts  affected,  and  shall  thereupon  fix, 
and  determine  the  boundaries  of  such  district  or  districts. 

Par.  2790.  All  bonds  and  other  evidences  of  in- 
debtedness heretofore  authorized  to  be  issued  by  the 
board  of  supervisors  of  any  county  for  any  school  dis- 
trict, high  school  district,  or  union  high  school  district, 
within  such  county,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  valid  and 
legal  for  the  purposes  for  which  they  were  authorized 


60  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

to  be  issued,  and  all  bonds  and  other  evidences  of  in- 
debtedness, heretofore  issued  under  the  authority  of  the 
board  of  supervisors  for  any  county  for  any  such  school 
district,  high  school  district,  or  union  high  school  dis- 
trict are  hereby  confirmed,  approved  and  validated ;  and 
the  approval  and  authorization,  heretofore  given,  of  the 
board  of  supervisors  of  any  county  in  which  such  dis- 
trict is  situated,  shall  in  any  action  or  proceeding  insti- 
tuted in  any  court,  be  taken  to  be  conclusive  evidence  of 
the  legality  of  such  bonds  or  evidences  of  indebtedness, 
and  all  acts  and  things  done  in  the  premises  in  relation 
thereto  in  the  matter  of  the  creation,  authorization,  issu- 
ance or  sale  of  said  bonds  are  evidences  of  indebtedness, 
or  otherwise. 

Par.  2791.  Any  high  school  having  satisfactory 
rooms  and  equipment  and  having  shown  itself  fitted  by 
location  and  otherwise  to  give  elementary  training  in 
agriculture,  mining,  manual  training,  domestic  science,  or 
other  vocational  pursuits,  shall  upon  application  made 
by  its  board  of  trustees  to  the  State  Board  of  Education, 
be  designated  to  maintain  such  department  to  consist 
of  courses  in  agriculture,  mining,  manual  training,  do- 
mestic science,  or  other  vocational  pursuits. 

Par.  2792.  Each  of  such  high  schools  shall  employ 
trained  instructors  whose  qualifications  shall  be  fixed  by 
the  State  Board  of  Education.  Eachjschool  shall  provide 
suitable  class  rooms  and  laboratory  facilities  for  such  in- 
structions according  to  regulations  established  by  the 
State  Board  of  Education,  and  may  provide  a  tract  of 
land,  together  with  buildings,  machinery,  tools,  equip- 
ment, and  appliances,  suitable  for  field  work  in  agri- 
culture. 

Par.  2793.  Instruction  in  such  departments  of  each 
high  school  shall  be  free  to  all  residents  of  the  high 
school  district.  Any  high  school  complying  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Act  may  charge  non-resident  pupils,  at- 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  61 

tending  and  receiving  instruction  in  such  departments, 
tuition  to  be  fixed  by  the  board  of  trustees  of  such  high 
school,  not  to  exceed,  however,  three  dollars  per  month 
for  each  pupil.  In  case  the  non-resident  pupils  coming 
from  other  school  districts  within  the  State  of  Arizona, 
said  tuition  so  fixed  shall  be  a  legal  charge  against  the 
school  district  in  which  said  non-resident  pupil  resides 
and  shall  be  paid  by  said  school  district  out  of  the  funds 
of  such  district  upon  presentation  to  the  clerk  of  such 
district  of  a  statement  signed  by  the  clerk,  superintend- 
ent or  principal  of  the  high  school  district  furnishing 
such  instruction,  stating  the  grade  or  grades  in  which 
any  such  non-resident  pupil  was  enrolled,  the  number 
of  months  enrolled,  and  the  name  of  such  pupil  and  the 
amount  of  tuition,  which  statement  shall  be  verified  by 
such  clerk,  superintendent,  or  principal,  and  thereupon 
an  order  shall  be  drawn  by  said  district  in  which  said  non- 
resident pupil  resides,  in  favor  of  the  high  school  district 
furnishing  such  instruction,  for  the  amount  of  such 
tuition. 

Instruction  in  such  departments  shall  be  of  a  prac- 
tical character  and  when  necessary  to  accommodate  a 
reasonable  number  of  pupils  attending  only  in  winter 
months,  special  classes  may  be  formed  for  them. 

Par.  2794.  A  sum  of  money  sufficient  to  carry  out 
the  provisions  of  this  Act  is  hereby  annually  appropriated 
out  of  the  general  fund  of  the  state ;  provided,  that  in 
establishing  awards  to  designated  high  schools  under 
this  Act,  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  exercise  its 
best  judgment  with  reference  to  the  number  of  pupils 
benefited,  and  to  the  need  of  remote  communities  for 
educational  facilities. 

Each  high  school  complying  with  the  provisions  of 
Sec.  2,  (Par.  2792),  of  this  Act  shall  receive  annually 
state  aid  to  maintain  such  departments  as  in  this  Act 


62  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

provided  for,  in  a  sum  equal  to  the  amount  raised  by 
the  high  school  district  in  which  said  school  is  located 
expended  by  such  school  for  such  courses  during  the 
year  preceding  the  year  for  which  such  state  aid  is 
granted ;  but  in  no  case  shall  the  state  aid  so  received  ex- 
ceed the  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars. 

Such  state  aid  shall  be  applied  to  all  expenses  of 
maintenance  and  conducting  such  courses,  including  the 
providing  of  charts,  apparatus,  land,  rents,  models,  chem- 
icals, machinery  equipment,  labor,  and  all  other  articles 
and  things  necessary  for  use  in  the  maintenance  thereof. 

The  expense  of  providing  class  room  and  laboratory 
space,  and  a  suitable  tract  of  land  with  equipment,  and 
operating  expenses  thereof,  designated  in  this  Act,  shall 
be  a  charge  upon  the  general  high  school  fund  of  such 
district. 

Par.  2795.  On  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  July, 
1913,  and  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  July  in  each 
year  thereafter,  the  clerk  of  each  high  school  board 
complying  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  and  maintain- 
ing such  courses  of  instruction  shall  report  to  the  State 
Board  of  Education,  setting  forth  the  facts  relating  to 
the  cost  of  maintaining  such  courses  of  instruction,  for 
the  preceding  school  year,  the  character  of  the  work 
done,  the  number  and  names  of  teachers  employed,  and 
such  other  matters  as  may  be  required  by  the  State 
Board  of  Education.  Upon  receipt  of  such  report,  if  it 
shall  appear  that  the  school  has  been  maintained  in  a 
satisfactory  manner  for  the  period  of  not  less  than  eight 
months  during  the  preceding  school  year,  the  State 
Board  of  Education  shall  file  with  the  State  Auditor  a 
certificate,  to  that  effect  and  shall  state  therein  the 
amount  to  which  such  school  is  entitled  as  state  aid  under 
the  provisions  of  Sec.  4  Par.  2794)  of  this  Act.  Upon 
receiving  such  certificate  the  State  Auditor  shall  issue 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  63 

an  order  to  the  State  Treasurer  requiring  said  State 
Treasurer  to  issue  a  warrant  payable  to  the  treasurer  of 
the  county  in  which  such  high  school  is  located  main- 
taining such  school  for  the  sum  so  designated  by  the 
State  Board  of  Education  in  said  certificate,  and  the 
treasurer  of  such  county  shall  place  the  same  to  the 
credit  of  such  high  school  district. 

Par.  2796.  Regulations  governing  state  aid  granted 
to  designated  high  schools,  qualifications  of  instructors, 
courses  of  instruction  in  agriculture,  mining,  manual 
training,  domestic  science,  or  other  vocational  pursuits, 
and  procedure  under  this  act,  shall  be  adopted  by  the 
State  Board  of  Education. 

Par.  2797.  The  normal  schools  of  the  State  of  Ari- 
zona shall  be  entitled  to  participate  on  identical  terms 
with  high  schools,  in  the  benefits  of  this  chapter.  In  its 
application  to  such  normal  schools  the  words  "high 
school"  or  "high  schools"  whenever  they  occur  in  this 
title  shall  read  "normal  school"  or  "normal  schools;" 
"high  school  district"  or  "districts"  shall  read  "State  of 
Arizona;"  and  the  words  "clerk"  and  "board  of  educa- 
tion" shall  read  to  corresponding  normal  school  officers. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

PUPILS. 

Par.  2798.  All  children  between  the  ages  of  six  and 
twenty-one  who  are  residents  of  this  state,  must  be  ad- 
mitted into  the  schools  of  this  state ;  provided,  that  the 
board  of  trustees  may  arrange  for  admission  of  classes  of 
beginners  at  regular  or  state  intervals. 

Par.  2799.  All  pupils  must  comply  with  the  regu- 
lations, pursue  the  required  course  of  study,  and  submit 
to  the  authority  of  the  teachers  of  the  school. 


64  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

Par.  2800.  Continued  open  defiance  of  the  author- 
ity of  the  teacher,  and  habitual  profanity  and  vulgarity, 
constitute  good  causes  for  expulsion  from  school. 

Par.  2801.  Any  pupil  who  cuts,  defaces  or  other- 
wise injures  any  school  property,  is  liable  to  suspension 
or  expulsion,  and  upon  the  complaint  of  the  teacher  or 
trustees,  the  parents  or  guardians  of  such  pupils  shall  be 
liable  for  all  damages. 

Par.  2802.  No  child  under  the  age  of  sixteen  years 
shall  be  employed  by  any  person,  persons,  company  or 
corporation  during  the  school  hours  of  any  school  day 
of  the  school  term  of  the  public  school  in  the  school  dis- 
strict  where  such  child  resides,  unless  such  child  pre- 
sents a  written  permit  from  the  board  of  trustees  for  rea- 
sons herein  specified.  Every  such  employer  shall  re- 
quire proof  that  such  child  has  been  excused  from  .such 
attendance,  and  shall  keep  a  record  of  such  proof,  which 
shall  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  an  attendance  officer, 
peace  officer  or  school  trustee,  teacher,  principal  or 
superintendent,  of  the  district.  .  Any  employer  employ- 
ing a  child  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  liable  to  a  fine 
of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars,  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars,  to  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  school 
fund  of  the  district.  Every  parent,  guardian,  or  other 
person  in  the  State  of  Arizona,  having  control  of  any 
child  between  the  ages  of  eight  and  sixteen  years  shall 
be  required  to  send  such  child  to  a  public  school  or  pri- 
vate school  taught  by  a  competent  instructor  for  the  full 
time  that  the  public  school  is  in  session  in  the  school  dis- 
trict, such  attendance  to  be  continuous,  for  five  days  in 
the  week  during  the  hours  prescribed  by  law ;  provided, 
tKat  such  person,  guardian  or  other  person  having  con- 
trol of  such  child  shall  be  excused  from  such  duty  by 
the  board  of  trustees  of  the  district  whenever  it  shall 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  65 

be  shown  to  its  satisfaction  that  one  of  the  following  rea- 
sons exist: 

1. — That  such  child  it  taught  at  home  by  a  compe- 
tent teacher  in  the  branches  taught  in  the  common 
schools  of  the  state. 

2. — That  he  is  attending  a  regularly  organized  pri- 
vate or  parochial  school  taught  by  competent  teachers, 
the  regular  school  hours  for  five  days  in  the  week  for  the 
full  time  that  the  public  school  is  in  session  in  the  dis- 
trict. 

3. — That  such  child  is  in  such  physical,  or  mental 
condition  (as  declared  by  a  competent  physician  ap- 
proved by  the  board)  as  to  render  such  attendance  inex- 
pedient or  impracticable. 

4 — That  such  child  has  already  completed  the  gram- 
mar school  course  prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation. 

5. — Such  child  may  be  excused  from  attendance  for 
reasons  satisfactory  to  a  board  consisting  of  the  presi- 
dent of  the  school  board,  superintendent,  principal  or 
teacher,  and  a  probation  officer  appointed  by  the  supe- 
rior judge,  after  such  board  has  met  and  heard  the  rea- 
sons for  non-attendance. 

Par.  2803.  Any  parent,  guardian  or  other  person 
failing  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  section  99  (Par. 
2802)  of  this  chapter  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor, and,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  a  sum  of  not 
less  than  five  dollars  and  not  more  than  twenty-five  dol- 
lars for  such  offense;  said  action  shall  be  prosecuted  in 
the  name  of  the  State  of  Arizona  before  any  court  of 
competent  jurisdiction,  and  all  fines  so  collected  shall 
be  paid  into  the  county  treasury  and  placed  to  the  credit 
of  the  school  fund  of  the  district  in  which  the  offense 
occurs. 


66  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

Par.  2804.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  deputy  sher- 
iff, constable,  city  marshal,  or  attendance  officer  of  the 
precinct  in  which  said  school  district  is  located,  to  in- 
quire into  all  such  cases  of  neglect  of  the  duties  pre- 
scribed in  this  chapter  and  to  ascertain  from  the  person 
so  neglecting,  the  reason,  if  any,  therefor;  and  if  there 
be  no  legal  excuse  shown  shall  forthwith  proceed  to  se- 
cure the  prosecution  of  any  offense  occurring  under  this 
chapter;  and  any  deputy  sheriff,  constable,  city  marshal 
or  attendance  officer,  neglecting  to  secure  the  prosecu- 
tion of  such  offense  within  ten  ddys,  unless  the  person  so 
complained  of  shall  be  excused  by  the  board  of  trustees 
for  the  reasons  hereinbefore  stated,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  liable  to  a  fine  in  any  sum 
not  to  exceed  fifty  dollars,  and  such  fine  when  collected 
shall  be  paid  into  the  county  treasury,  and  placed  to  the 
credit  of  the  school  fund  of  the  district  in  which  the 
offense  occurred. 

CHAPTER  XV. 
TEACHERS. 

Par.  2805.     Every  teacher  must: 

1. — Present  his  or  her  certificate  to  the  county  super- 
intendent of  schools  before  assuming  charge  of  a  school, 
who  shall  record  it  in  a  book  provided  for  the  purpose. 

2. — On  taking  charge  of  a  school,  or  when  closing  a 
term  of  school,  immediately  notify  the  county  school 
superintendent  of  such  fact. 

3. — Enforce  the  course  of  study,  the  use  of  adopted 
text-books  and  the  rules  and  regulations  prescribed  for 
schools. 

4. — Hold  pupils  to  a  strict  account  for  disorderly 
conduct  on  the  way  to  and  from  school,  exercise  a  super- 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  67 

vision  over  pupils  on  the  play  grounds,  and  during  re- 
cess, suspend  from  school  for  good  cause  any  pupil,  and 
report  such  suspension  to  the  board  of  trustees.  In 
schools  employing  a  city  superintendent  or  principal,  the 
authority  to  suspend  shall  be  vested  in  him. 

5. — Keep  a  school  register,  which  shall  be  carefully 
preserved  by  the  board  of  trustees,  as  one  of  the  records 
of  the  school. 

6. — Furnish  such  reports  to  the  county  school  super- 
intendent upon  the  blanks  furnished  by  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction  as  the  Board  of  Education 
may  require. 

7. — Make  an  annual  report  to  the  county  school 
superintendent  at  the  time,  and  in  the  manner,  and  on  the 
blanks  prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Education.  Any 
teacher  who  shall  end  any  school  year  before  the  close 
of  the  school  year,  shall  make  a  report  to  the  county 
school  superintendent  immediately  after  the  close  of 
such  term,  and  any  teacher  who  may  be  teaching  any 
school  at  the  end  of  the  school  year  shall,  in  his  or  her 
annual  report,  include  all  statistics  for  the  entire  school 
year,  notwithstanding  any  previous  report  for  a  part  of 
the  year. 

8. — Make  such  other  reports  as  may  be  required  by 
the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  county  school 
superintendent  or  board  of  trustees. 

Par.  2806.  In  case  of  the  dismissal  of  any  teacher 
before  the  expiration  of  any  contract  entered  into  be- 
tween such  teacher  and  the  board  of  trustees,  for  alleged 
unfitness  or  incompetence,  appeal  may  be  had  to  the 
county  superintendent. 

Par.  2807.  No  warrant  shall  be  drawn  in  payment 
of  a  teacher's  salary  by  the  county  superintendent,  unless 
such  teacher  is  the  holder  of  a  legal  certificate  in  force 


68  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

for  the  full  term  for  which  payment  is  demanded.  Any 
county  superintendent  who  shall  draw  any  warrant  not 
authorized  under  this  chapter  shall  be  liable  on  his  offi- 
cial bond  for  the  amount  of  such  illegal  warrant. 

Par.  2808.  Any  teacher  who  shall  use  any  sectarian 
or  denominational  books,  or  teach  any  sectarian  doc- 
trine, or  conduct  any  religious  exercises  in  his  school, 
or  who  shall  fail  to  comply  with  any  of  the  provisions 
mentioned  in  this  chapter,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  un- 
professional conduct,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
proper  authority  to  revoke  his  certificate  or  diploma. 

Par.  2809.  No  person  shall  be  employed  in  the 
public  schools  of  this  state  as  teacher,  principal,  or  super- 
intendent, when  afflicted  with  pulmonary  tuberculosis, 
and  any  teacher,  principal,  or  superintendent  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  shall  as  often  as  twice  a  year,  if  so  required 
by  the  board  of  school  trustees  where  he  is  employed, 
submit  to  an  examination  by  one  or  more  reputable  phy- 
sicians selected  by  such  school  board,  and  should  it  be 
ascertained  by  such  examination,  or  otherwise,  that  such 
person  is  afflicted  with  pulmonary  tuberculosis,  such 
person  shall  immediately  resign,  and  it  shall  be  unlaw- 
ful for  any  school  board  to  draw  its  warrant  for  salary 
to  any  such  person  for  services  rendered  after  examina- 
tion showing  such  affliction,  and  no  school  superintend- 
ent shall  thereafter  draw  his  warrant  to  any  such  person 
for  salary  earned  after  an  examination  showing  such 
affliction;  provided,  further,  that  should  any  such  per- 
son refuse  for  the  period  of  five  days  to  submit  to  such 
examination,  then  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of 
school  trustees  to  discharge  such  person  and  pay  him  the 
pro  rata  salary  earned  under  his  contract. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  69 

CHAPTER  XVI. 
RETIREMENT  OF  TEACHERS. 

Par.  2810.  When  any  person  shall  be  sixty  years 
of  age,  and  shall  be  without  means  of  comfortable  sup- 
port, and  shall  have  served  for  thirty  years  or  more  in 
the  aggregate  as  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools,  twenty- 
five  years  of  which  shall  be  in  the  public  schools  of  Ari- 
zona, the  State  Board  of  Education  may  order  and  direct 
that  such  person  be  retired  from  further  service  in  the 
schools  of  Arizona,  and  from  the  date  of  making  said 
order  the  services  of  such  person  as  teacher  in  said 
public  schools,  shall  cease  and  such  person  shall  retire, 
and  thereafter  during  his  or  her  lifetime  shall  be  paid 
from  the  school  funds  of  the  State  an  annual  pension  of 
six  hundred  dollars  to  be  paid  in  quarterly  installments. 

Par.  2811.  The  State  Board  of  Education  at  the 
time  of  making  said  order  of  retirement,  shall  cause  the 
same  to  be  recorded  in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  them  for 
that  purpose,  and  shall  immediately  file  with  the  State 
Auditor  a  certified  copy  of  said  order,  which  certified 
copy  shall  be  evidence  to  said  Auditor  that  the  person 
retired  from  service  in  the  public  schools  of  Arizona  is 
entitled  to  the  pension  provided  for  by  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter. 

Par.  2812.  Any  person  entitled  to  a  pension  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall,  quarterly,  file  a  veri- 
fied claim  with  the  Auditor  of  the  State,  said  claim  hav- 
ing the  approval  of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction  endorsed  thereon,  and  upon  the  filing  of  said 
claim,  the  State  Auditor  shall  allow  the  same  and  draw  a 
warrant  in  favor  of  the  person  entitled  to  such  pension, 
upon  said  school  fund  of  the  state,,  and  the  State  Treas- 
urer shall  pay  the  same  out  of  the  school  fund  of  the 
state  in  the  same  manner  as  other  warrants  out  of  said 
fund  are  paid. 


70  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 
DISTRICT  LIBRARIES. 

Par.  2813.  Board  of  school  trustees  may  use  three 
per  cent,  of  all  school  funds  received  during  any  school 
year,  together  with  such  moneys  as  may  be  added 
thereto  by  donation,  for  the  purchase  of  library  books, 
reference  books  and  school  room  decorations;  provided, 
that  the  amount  used  for  such  purpose  in  any  school 
year  shall  not  exceed  three  hundred  dollars;  and,  pro- 
vided, further,  that  such  bills  are  to  be  allowed  and  paid 
as  other  bills  are  allowed  and  paid. 

Par.  2814.  Libraries  are  under  the  control  of  the 
board  of  trustees,  and  must  be  kept,  when  practicable, 
in  school  houses.  The  libraries  shall  be  free  to  all  pu- 
pils of  a  suitable  age  belonging  to  the  school,  and  any 
resident  of  a  district  may  become  entitled  to  its  privi- 
leges by  payment  of  such  annual  monthly  fee  as  may  be 
prescribed  by  the  trustees.  The  trustees  shall  be  held 
accountable  for  the  proper  care  and  preservation  of  the 
library,  and  they  shall  report  to  the  county  school  super- 
intendent, when  required,  all  library  statistics,  on  blanks 
furnished  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 
for  that  purpose. 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 
STATE  TAX  AND  COUNTY  SCHOOL  TAX. 

Par.  2815.  There  shall  be  annually  levied  and  col- 
lected in  the  manner  in  which  other  state  taxes  are  levied 
and  collected  by  a  levy  by  the  officials  provided  by  law, 
a  sufficient  tax  to  raise  the  sum  of  five  hundred  thousand 
dollars,  said  levy  to  be  made  upon  the  taxable  property 
within  the  state  and  paid  into  the  state  treasury  as  a 
special  fund  for  school  purposes.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  State  Treasurer  to  receive  and  hold  as  a  special 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  71 

fund,  all  public  school  moneys  paid  into  the  state  treasury, 
and  to  pay  them  over  on  warrants  drawn  by  the  State 
Auditor,  in  accordance  with  law.  All  moneys  so  raised 
shall  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  a  fund  to  be  known  as  a 
state  common  school  fund. 

Par.  2816.  All  school  moneys  due  each  county  of 
the  state  shall  be  paid  over  by  the  State  Treasurer  on 
the  second  Monday  of  January  and  May,  or  as  soon 
thereafter  as  the  county  treasurer  may  apply  for  the 
same,  on  a  warrant  of  the  State  Auditor,  drawn  in  con- 
formity with  the  apportionment  of  the  State  Board  of 
Education. 

Par.  2817.  On  or  before  the  first  day  of  July  ot 
each  year  the  trustees  of  school  districts  shall  file  with 
the  county  school  superintendent  an  itemized  statement 
of  the  amount  of  money  needed  for  defraying  the  ex- 
penses of  the  schools  within  their  districts  for  the  ensu- 
ing year.  This  estimate  shall  be  transmitted  to  the 
board  of  supervisors  by  the  county  school  superintendent 
at  the  time  he  files  his  estimate  of  the  amount  needed 
for  the  schools  of  the  county. 

Par.  2818.  The  county  school  superintendent  in 
each  county  shall  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  August  of 
each  year,  furnish  the  board  of  supervisors  an  estimate 
in  writing  of  the  amount  of  school  funds  needed  for  the 
ensuing  year.  In  making  up  his  estimate  the  county 
school  superintendent  shall  take  into  consideration  all 
moneys  asked  for  by  the  board  of  trustees  in  accordance 
with  the  preceding  section. 

He  shall  multiply  the  sum  representing  the  daily 
average  attendance  of  the  county  for  the  previous  year 
by  such  sum,  as  will  produce  the  amount  of  funds  esti- 
mated ;  provided,  that  in  no  case  shall  the  sum  be  less 
than  thirty-five  dollars  per  pupil  representing  the  daily 
average  attendance.  (In  figuring  the  daily  average  at- 


72  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

tendance  in  each  county  only  the  six  months  of  school 
showing  the  highest  daily  average  attendance  shall  be 
counted.)  Provided,  further,  that  the  county  school 
superintendent  shall  add  to  the  above  sum  a  sufficient 
amount  so  that  no  district  employing  but  one  teacher 
shall  receive  a  less  sum  than  eight  hundred  and  fifty  dol- 
lars; the  county  school  superintendent  shall  apportion 
not  less  than  seventeen  hundred  ($1,700.00)  dollars  to 
each  school  district  of  his  county  employing  two  teachers ; 
provided  the  average  daily  attendance  for  the  preceding 
year  is  thirty-eight  (38)  pupils  or  more,  said  allotment 
within  these  limits  to  be  determined  as  conditions  justify, 
by  the  county  school  superintendent  by  and  with  the  con- 
sent of  the  board  of  supervisors;  provided,  further,  that 
ten  per  cent,  of  the  superintendent's  estimate  shall  be 
added  thereto,  which  ten  per  cent,  shall*  form  a  reserve 
fund  and  the  aggregate  shall  be  the  minimum  amount  of 
money  required  to  maintain  kindergarten  and  common 
schools  for  that  year.  The  county  school  superintendent 
in  making  his  estimate,  shall  estimate  whether  or  not 
his  estimate  will  produce  the  amount  of  money  asked  for 
by  any  board  of  trustees,  and  if  not  he  must  estimate 
the  additional  amount  needed  for  such  district  or  dis- 
tricts and  certify  same  at  the  time  of  certifying  to  his 
estimate.  The  board  of  supervisors  of  each  county 
shall  annually,  at  the  time  of  levying  other  taxes,  levy  a 
school  tax  of  a  rate  not  less  than  a  rate  sufficient  to  raise 
the  said  minimum  amount  of  money  less  the  amount  of 
money  received  by  the  county  for  school  purposes  from 
the  state  and  other  sources,  and  in  addition  a  rate  on 
the  property  of  any  district  or  districts  in  which  an  ad- 
ditional amount  has  been  asked  for;  said  tax  shall  be 
added  to  the  county  tax  and  collected  in  the  same  man- 
ner. That  portion  levied  for  county  school  purposes 
shall  be  paid  into  the  county  treasury  to  the  credit  of  the 
county  school  fund  for  the  support  of  the  common 
schools.  Such  additional  portion  as  has  been  levied  for 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  73 

school  purposes  in  a  particular  district  shall  be  paid  into 
the  school  fund  of    such  district. 

Par.  2819.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  treasurer  of 
each  county: 

1. — To  receive  and  to  hold  as  a  special  fund  all 
public  school  moneys,  whether  received  by  him  from  the 
State  Treasurer,  or  raised  by  the  county  for  the  benefit 
of  public  schools,  or  from  any  other  source,  and  to  keep 
a  separate  account  thereof,  and  when  the  same  is  ap- 
portioned among  the  school  districts  to  open  and  keep 
a  separate  account  of  each  district. 

2. — On  receiving  any  public  school  moneys  amount- 
ing to  one  thousand  dollars,  subject  to  distribution,  to 
immediately  notify  the  county  school  superintendent  of 
his  county  of  the  amount  thereof. 

3. — To  pay  over,  on  the  warrants  of  the  county 
school  superintendent,  duly  endorsed  by  the  person  en- 
titled to  receive  the  same,  any  or  all  money. 

4. — On  or  before  the  first  day  of  August  of  each  year 
to  make  a  report  to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion showing: 

1. — The  amount  of  moneys  received  from  state 
school  fund. 

2. — The  amount  received  from  county  and  school 
tax. 

3. — The  amount  received  from  other  sources. 
4. — Total  expenditures  for  school  purposes. 
5. — Balance  on  hand  at  close  of  school  year. 

Par.  2820.  In  case  of  the  failure  or  neglect  of  said 
county  treasurer  to  make  such  report  or  give  such  no- 
tice as  is  required  in  the  preceding  section,  he  shall  be 


74  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

liable  to  the  county  of  which  he  is  treasurer  in  the  sum 
of  five  hundred  dollars;  and  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty 
of  the  county  attorney  of  said  county,  upon  the  direction 
of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  said  county,  to  bring  suit 
in  the  name  of  said  county  against  such  treasurer  for 
the  recovery  thereof,  and  any  moneys  collected  under 
the  provision  of  this  section  shall  be  paid  into  the  county 
school  fund. 

Par.  2821.  The  county  school  superintendent  of 
each  county  must  apportion  all  moneys  as  follows:  He 
shall  apportion  to  each  district  not  less  than  thirty-five 
dollars  per  capita  upon  the  average  daily  attendance  as 
determined  in  section  115  (Par.  2818)  ;  provided,  that 
he  apportion  to  no  district  a  sum  less  than  eight  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars. 

He  shall  apportion  the  money  in  the  reserve  fund 
as  follows : 

Whenever  school  has  been  maintained  in  any  dis- 
trict for  a  period  of  five  months  and  it  shall  appear  that 
the  average  daily  attendance  is  greater  than  it  was  dur- 
ing the  preceding  year,  the  county  school  superintendent 
shall  apportion  to  said  district  out  of  the  reserve  fund, 
so  much  of  said  fund  as  said  district  is  entitled  to  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter;  provided,  that  if  the 
amount  of  money  in  the  reserve  fund  is  insufficient 
to  meet  the  demands  of  all  the  districts  shewing  an  in- 
creased attendance  over  the  preceding  year  then  said 
reserve  fund  shall  be  apportioned  pro  rata  among  the 
several  districts  entitled  to  the  same;  provided,  that  in 
no  case  shall  the  apportionment  from  the  reserve  fund  on 
account  of  increased  attendance  be  greater  pro  rata 
than  the  regular  apportionment  for  the  same  year ;  pro- 
vided, further,  that  if  at  the  end  of  any  school  year  there 
remain  any  part  of  the  reserve  fund  unexpended,  then 
the  county  superintendent  shall  place  said  remaining 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  75 

portion  in  the  general  school  fund  and  apportion  the 
same  in  the  usual  manner  of  apportioning  the  general 
school  fund. 

No  district  shall  pay  any  teacher  from  apportion- 
ments of  state  or  county  school  moneys,  unless  the  teacher 
employed  in  the  school  of  the  district  holds  a  legal  cer- 
tificate, in  full  force  and  effect  during  the  whole  period 
of  his  employment.  And  on  and  after  July  first,  1913, 
no  school  district,  except  one  newly  formed,  is  entitled  to 
receive  any  apportionment  of  state  or  county  school 
moneys,  which  has  not  maintained  a  public  school  for  at 
least  seven  months  during  the  next  preceding  school  year. 
A  district  which  is  prevented  by  fire,  flood,  prevailing 
epidemic  or  other  unavoidable  circumstances  from  main- 
taining school  for  the  length  of  time  herein  designated 
is  nevertheless  entitled  to  its  apportionment  of  state  and 
county  school  moneys. 

All  school  moneys  remaining  on  hand  at  the  end  of 
the  school  year,  to  the  credit  of  any  district,  after  mak- 
ing the  apportionment  as  heretofore  required,  shall  re- 
main to  the  credit  of  such  district  for  the  ensuing  year 
or  years. 

Par.  2822.  If  any  new  school  district  shall  be  duly 
organized  and  shall  cause  to  be  filed  with  the  county 
superintendent  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  July,  a  sworn 
statement  of  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
district  stating  the  number  of  children  of  school  age, 
residing  in  the  district  and  the  probable  average  attend- 
ance, said  district  shall  be  entitled  to  its  pro  rata  of  the 
apportionment  heretofore  provided  for. 

Par.  2823.  If  in  any  school  district  there  has  been 
an  average  daily  attendance  of  less  than  eight  pupils  be- 
tween the  ages  of  six  and  twenty-one  years  for  the 
period  of  three  months  during  the  school  year,  the 
county  superintendent  may  at  once  suspend  the  district 


76  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

and  report  the  fact  to  the  board  of  supervisors  at  their 
next  meeting.  The  board  of  supervisors  upon  receiv- 
ing such  report  shall  declare  the  district  lapsed,  and 
shall  attach  the  territory  thereof  to  one  or  more  of  the 
adjoining  school  districts  in  such  manner  as  may  be  by 
them  deemed  most  convenient  for  the  residents  of  said 
lapsed  district.  When  any  district  has  been  declared 
lapsed,  the  board  of  supervisors  shall  sell  or  otherwise 
dispose  of  the  property  thereto  belonging,  and  shall  place 
the  proceeds  of  such  sale  to  the  credit  of  the  district. 
Thereupon  the  county  superintendent  shall  determine  all 
unbonded  indebtedness  of  said  lapsed  district,  and  shall 
draw  his  warrant  on  proper  vouchers,  on  the  county 
treasurer  in  payment  thereof.  Any  balance  remaining 
after  such  payment  shall  be  transferred  to  the  county 
school  fund. 

Par.  2824.  Whenever  the  school  house  or  houses  in 
any  school  district  shall  be  destroyed  or  rendered  useless 
by  fire,  flood  or  other  unforeseen  or  unavoidable  calam- 
ity, it  shall  be  lawful  upon  the  resumption  of  school  in 
any  such  district,  for  the  county  school  superintendent 
to  make  the  first  apportionment  of  funds  following  such 
calamity  upon  the  basis  of  the  attendance  at  said  school 
for  that  portion  of  the  school  term  prior  to  the  time  the 
school  house  in  such  district  was  destroyed  or  rendered 
useless. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

TEXT  BOOKS. 

Par.  2825.  There  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  the 
state  school  fund  sufficient  moneys  to  furnish  free  text- 
books for  the  common  schools  of  the  State  of  Arizona, 
and  for  all  contingent  expenses  necessary  in  carrying  out 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter. 

Par.  2826.  In  order  to  obtain  free  text-books  pro- 
vided in  this  chapter,  the  county  superintendent  of 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  77 

schools  of  each  county  is  hereby  empowered,  and  it  is 
made  his  duty  to  furnish  to  the  Secretary  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  April, 
in  each  year,  a  complete  list  of  all  text-books  necessary 
for  the  schools  of  such  county;  and  upon  such  request 
being  made  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Board  of 
Education  to  furnish  the  books  as  requested  and  certify 
the  cost  of  same  to  the  State  Auditor  who  will  draw  his 
warrants  in  payment  therefor  on  the  State  Treasurer 
and  the  State  Treasurer  shall  pay  such  warrants  out  of 
any  unappropriated  moneys  in  said  school  fund. 

Par.  2827.  On  or  before  the  twenty-fifth  day  of 
May  in  any  year  before  the  expiration  of  a  contract  for 
furnishing  text-books  for  the  common  schools,  the  super- 
intendent of  public  instruction  shall  advertise,  for  a  period 
of  thirty  days  in  a  daily  paper,  published  at  the  State 
Capitol,  for  bids  for  furnishing  said  required  number 
of  text-books.  Said  bids  shall  be  opened  in  the  presence 
of  a  majority  of  the  members  of  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation, and  the  contract  shall  be  let  to  the  lowest  respon- 
sible bidder. 

Par.  2828.  Said  Board  of  Education  shall  enter  into 
a  contract  with  a  publisher,  or  publishers,  for  furnish- 
ing said  text-books  to  be  used  by  the  free  schools  of  this 
state,  and  such  publisher,  or  publishers,  shall  give  bond 
payable  to  the  State  of  Arizona  in  a  sum  not  less  than 
twenty  thousand  dollars;  said  bond  to  be  approved  as 
to  form  by  the  Attorney  General  of  the  state,  and  con- 
ditioned that  the  said  publisher,  or  publishers,  will  faith- 
fully comply  with  the  conditions  of  their  said  contract, 
and  that  they  will  furnish  to  the  State  of  Arizona  such 
school  books  provided  for  in  said  contract,  at  prices 
which  shall  not  exceed  the  lowest  prices  then  granted 
to  any  buyer;  being  further  conditioned  that  should 
there  be  any  decrease  in  the  prices  given  to  any  person 


78  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

or  any  one  purchasing  such  books  from  such  publisher, 
then  the  State  of  Arizona  shall -also  have  the  benefit  of 
such  decrease  in  price ;  and  such  publisher  shall  file  with 
said  bond  a  sworn  statement  made  before  some  officer 
in  the  State  of  Arizona  authorized  to  administer  oaths, 
stating  the  lowest  prices  for  which  his  series  of  text- 
books are  sold  anywhere  in  the  United  States ;  and,  pro- 
vided, further,  that  in  case  the  publisher  of  any  school 
text-book  adopted  by  the  State  of  Arizona  issues  a  special 
edition  of  any  book  so  adopted,  or  essentially  the  same 
book,  then  the  State  of  Arizona  shall  have  the  right  to 
substitute  said  special  edition  at  the  net  price  at  which 
said  special  edition  is  sold  elsewhere. 

Par.  2829.  Said  text-books  required  for  the  use  of 
each  county  shall  be  shipped  to  the  county  superintend- 
ent thereof,  who  shall  receive  and  receipt  for  same,  and 
send  a  duplicate  of  his  receipt  to  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation ;  whereupon  the  county  superintendent  of  schools 
shall  issue  said  text-books  to  the  county  trustees  of  the 
several  districts  in  his  county,  taking  his  receipt  there- 
for, and  said  school  trustees  shall  issue  said  text-books 
to  the  pupils  of  said  district;  taking  therefor  a  receipt 
for  same. 

Par.  2830.  Not  more  than  one  text-book  shall  be 
changed  in  any  one  year  for  any  particular  grade,  and 
when  such  a  change  is  made,  such  text-book  as  adopted 
must  be  continued  in  use  for  not  less  than  five  years. 

Par.  2831.  When  any  such  contractor  shall  become 
a  party  either  directly  or  indirectly  to  any  combination 
or  trust  for  the  purpose  of  controlling  the  prices  of 
school  books,  any  contract  entered  into  with  such  con- 
tractor shall  be  null  and  void ;  and  every  contractor  who 
shall  enter  into  any  contract  with  the  State  Board  of 
Education,  for  furnishing  any  textbooks,  shall  upon 
the  request  of  a  member  of  said  State  Board  of  Educa- 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  79 

tion,  mail  to  said  State  Board  of  Education  a  sworn  price 
list  of  the  text-books  which  said  contractor  furnishes, 
or  desires  to  furnish,  to  the  State  of  Arizona. 

Par.  2832.  All  contracts  entered  into  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter  shall  be  approved  as  to  form,  by 
the  Attorney  General,  before  they  shall  become  binding 
on  the  State  of  Arizona. 

Par.  2833.  If  any  contractor  shall  violate  any  of 
the  conditions  of  any  contract  entered  into  by  him,  the 
Attorney  General  shall,  upon  request  of  the  Governor 
or  of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  institute  suit  on  the 
bond  of  said  contractor  to  recover  on  behalf  of  the  state 
the  amount  of  said  bond. 

Par.  2834.  All  books  purchased  under  the  provis- 
ions of  this  chapter  shall  be  the  property  of  the  State 
of  Arizona ;  and  when  distributed,  as  herein  provided, 
shall  be  deemed  to  be  in  the  custody  of  the  board  of 
trustees,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  hold  pupils  using 
said  books  responsible  for  any  damage  to,  loss  of,  or  fail- 
ure to  return  such  books  to  said  board  of  trustees  when  so 
required ;  provided,  however,  that  whenever  any  pupil 
shall  lose  or  destroy  any  book  loaned  him  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter,  or,  if  for  any  reason  a  pupil  shall 
require  a  second  copy  of  any  book  of  any  series  used  in  the 
common  schools,  then  such  pupil  shall  be  required  to  pur- 
chase such  book  at  his  own  expense.  All  books  before 
being  reissued  shall  be  fumigated.  Failure  on  the  part 
of  the  trustees  or  teachers  to  have  such  books  fumigated, 
shall  be  deemed  a  misdemeanor  and  punished  as  such. 

Par.  2835.  The  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  not 
be  construed  to  prohibit  any  pupil  or  parent  or  guardian 
from  purchasing  from  the  board  such  books  as  may  be 
necessary  at  the  same  price  which  the  said  board  of 
education  pays  for  the  books. 


80  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

Par.  2836.  No  school  officer  or  teacher  in  any 
public  school  in  Arizona  shall  act  as  agent  for  any 
author,  publisher,  bookseller,  or  other  person  to  intro- 
duce any  books,  apparatus,  furniture,  or  any  other  article 
whatever  in  the  public  schools  of  the  district  in  which 
he  is  an  officer  or  teacher. 

CHAPTER  XX. 
ARBOR  DAY. 

Par.  2837.  In  the  counties  of  Apache,  Navajo, 
Coconino,  Mohave  and  Yavapai,  the  Friday  following 
the  first  day  of  April  in  each  year,  and  in  all  other  coun- 
ties of  this  state,  the  Friday  following  the  first  day  of 
February  in  each  year,  shall  hereafter  be  known  as  Arbor 
Day,  and  shall  be  observed  as  a  holiday. 

Par.  2838.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Governor  to 
make  proclamation  setting  forth  the  provisions  of  the 
preceding  section,  and  recommending  that  the  Arbor 
Day  established  be  observed  by  the  people  of  the  State 
of  Arizona  in  the  planting  of  trees,  shrubs  and  vines,  in 
the  promotion  of  forest  and  orchard  growth  and  culture, 
in  the  adornment  of  public  and  private  grounds,  places 
and  ways  and  in  such  other  efforts  and  undertakings  as 
shall  be  in  harmony  with  the  character  of  the  day  so  es- 
tablished. 

Par.  2839.  In  order  that  the  children  in  the  public 
schools  shall  assist  in  the  work  of  adorning  the  school 
ground  with  trees,  and  to  stimulate  the  minds  of  children 
towards  the  benefits  of  the  preservation  and  perpetua- 
tion of  the  forests,  and  the  growing  of  timber,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  authorities  in  every  public  school  in  the 
State  of  Arizona  to  assemble  the  pupils  in  their  charge 
on  the  above  day  in  the  school  building  or  elsewhere,  as 
they  may  deem  proper,  and  to  provide  for  and  conduct, 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  81 

under  the  general  supervision  of  the  State  Superintend- 
ent of  Public  Instruction,  such  exercises  as  shall  tend 
to  encourage  the  planting,  protection  and  preservation 
of  trees  and  shrubs,  and  an  acquaintance  with  the  best 
methods  to  be  adopted  to  accomplish  such  results;  and 
that  the  trees  may  be  planted  around  the  school  build- 
ings, and  that  the  grounds  around  such  buildings  may  be 
improved  and  beautified;  such  planting  to  be  attended 
with  appropriate  and  attractive  ceremonies,  that  the  day 
may  be  one  of  pleasure  as  well  as  one  of  instruction  for 
the  young ;  all  to  be  under  the  supervision  and  direction 
of  the  teacher,  who  shall  see  that  the  trees  and  shrubs 
are  properly  selected  and  set. 

Par.  2840.  The  State  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction shall  from  year  to  year  prescribe  a  course  of 
exercises  and  instructions  in  subjects  hereinbefore  men- 
tioned, which  shall  be  adopted  and  observed  by  said 
public  school  authorities  on  Arbor  Day. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

MUSIC  AND  DRAWING  IN  SCHOOL. 

Par.  2841.  The  board  of  trustees  of  any  school  dis- 
trict within  the  State  of  Arizona  is  hereby  authorized 
and  empowered  to  employ  properly  certificated  teachers 
of  music  and  drawing,  if  they  deem  it  for  the  best  inter- 
ests of  their  respective  school  districts  so  to  do. 

Par.  2842.  Any  music  or  drawing  teacher  who  is 
a  graduate  of  an  approved  school  of  music  or  drawing 
may  be  licensed  to  teach  such  subject.  If  such  music 
or  drawing  teacher  cannot  so  qualify,  then  such  teacher 
must  pass  such  examination  in  music  or  drawing  as  the 
State  Board  of  Education  may  prescribe. 


82  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA. 

CHAPTER  XXII. 
UNITED  STATES  FLAG. 

Par.  2843.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  school  author- 
ities of  every  public  school  in  the  several  school  districts 
of  the  State  of  Arizona  to  purchase  a  United  States  flag, 
flagstaff,  and  the  necessary  appliances  therefor,  and  to 
display  such  flag  upon  or  near  the  public  school  building 
during  school  hours,  and  at  such  other  times  as  such 
school  authorities  may  direct. 

Par.  2844.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction  to  prepare  for  the  use  of 
the  public  schools  of  the  state  a  program  providing  for 
a  salute  to  the  flag  and  such  other  patriotic  exercises  as 
shall  be  deemed  by  him  to  be  expedient,  under  such 
regulations  and  instructions  as  may  best  meet  the  re- 
quirements of  the  different  grades  in  such  schools.  It 
shall  also  be  his  duty  to  make  special  provisions  for  the 
observance  in  such  public  schools  of  Lincoln's  Birthday, 
Washington's  Brithday,  Memorial  Day,  and  Flag  Day, 
and  such  other  legal  holidays  of  like  character  as  may 
be  hereafter  designated  by  law. 

Par.  2845.  The  State  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction is  hereby  authorized  to  provide  for  the  neces- 
sary expenses  incurred  in  developing  and  encouraging 
such  patriotic  exercises  in  the  public  schools  by  an  ap- 
portionment, subject  to  the  supervision  of  the  State  Board 
of  Education,  from  the  state  school  fund,  of  the  amount  of 
money  to  which  each  county  may  be  entitled  to  carry  into 
effect  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  and  furnish  each 
county  treasurer  and  county  superintendent  with  an  ab- 
stract of  such  apportionment.  He  shall  also  certify  to 
the  State  Auditor,  and  upon  such  certificate  the  Auditor 
shall  forthwith  draw  his  warrant  on  the  State  Treasurer 
in  favor  of  the  county  treasurer  of  each  county  for  the 
amount  due  said  county. 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  83 

Par.  2846.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  con- 
strued to  authorize  military  instruction  or  drill  in  the 
public  schools  during  school  hours. 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

MANUAL    TRAINING,    DOMESTIC    SCIENCE    AND 
KINDERGARTEN. 

Par.  2847.  That  in  all  school  districts  within  the 
State  of  Arizona  instruction  may  be  given  in  the  sub- 
jects of  manual  training,  domestic  science,  and  kinder- 
garten; provided,  that  such  subjects  can  be  pursued 
without  excluding  or  neglecting  the  subjects  previously 
provided  for  by  law. 

Par.  2848.  The  course  of  study  for  said  manual 
training  or  domestic  science  and  kindergarten  courses 
shall  be  prescribed  by  the  board  of  trustees  authorizing 
the  same,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  State  Board  of 
Education. 

Par.  2849.  The  board  of  supervisors  of  each  county 
shall  annually,  at  the  time  of  levying  other  taxes,  levy 
such  additional  school  tax  upon  the  taxable  property 
within  such  school  district  as  will  be  sufficient  to  pay 
the  salaries  of  such  manual  training,  domestic  science 
and  kindergarten  teachers  as  may  be  employed  in  their 
county,  together  with  necessary  expenses  for  materials 
to  be  used  in  such  instruction ;  and  said  manual  training, 
domestic  science,  and  kindergarten  taxes  shall  be  col- 
lected and  paid  into  the  county  treasury  in  the  same 
manner  as  other  county  school  taxes.  Any  board  of  trus- 
tees intending  to  employ  such  teacher  or  teachers  must 
give  notice,  in  writing,  to  both  the  county  superintendent 
of  schools  and  the  board  of  supervisors  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  July  of  the  amount  necessary  for  salaries  and 
for  materials  for  such  instructions  for  the  ensuing  year. 


84  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA. 

Par.  2850.  Manual  training,  domestic  science  or 
kindergarten  teachers,  who  are  graduates  of  an  approved 
manual  training,  domestic  science  or  kindergarten  school 
may  be  licensed  to  teach  such  subjects  by  the  State  Board 
of  Examiners.  If  a  manual  training,  domestic  science  or 
kindergarten  teacher  can  not  so  qualify,  then  such 
teacher  must  pass  such  examination  in  the  subject  of 
manual  training,  domestic  science  or  kindergarten  as  the 
State  Board  of  Education  may  prescribe. 

Par.  2851.  No  pupil  who  is  a  bona  fide  resident  of 
any  district  in  which  a  special  teacher  of  manual  train- 
ing, domestic  science,  or  kindergarten  is  employed  shall 
be  required  to  pay  tuition  for  such  subjects. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 
COMMERCIAL  BRANCHES. 

Par.  2852.  The  board  of  school  trustees  in  any 
school  district  within  the  State  of  Arizona  is  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  employ  teachers  of  the 
commercial  branches  if  they  deem  it  for  the  best  interest 
of  their  respective  districts  so  to  do. 

Par.  2853.  Any  commercial  teacher  who  is  a  grad- 
uate of  a  commercial  school  approved  by  the  State  Board 
of  Education,  may  be  licensed  to  teach  such  subjects  by 
said  State  Board  of  Examiners.  If  such  commercial 
teacher  cannot  so  qualify,  then  such  teacher  must  pass 
such  examination  in  the  commercial  branches  as  the  said 
State  Board  Of  Education  may  prescribe. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 
EDUCATION  OF  DEAF,  DUMB  AND  BLIND. 

Par.  2854.  There  is  hereby  appropriated  annually, 
the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  85 

may  be  necessary,  for  the  education  of  the  deaf,  dumb 
and  blind  of  the  State  of  Arizona,  under  the  direction  of 
the  State  Board  of  Education,  and  that  the  treasurer  shall 
pay  the  same  on  the  warrant  of  the  auditor  for  that  pur- 
pose. 

Par.  2855.  In  addition  to  the  duties  imposed  upon 
him  by  law,  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  school 
census  marshal  of  each  school  district  in  the  state,  to 
include  annually  in  his  report  to  the  county  school  super- 
intendent, the  number  and  names  of  the  deaf,  dumb  and 
blind  of  school  age  residing  in  his  district.  The  county 
school  superintendent  shall,  upon  receipt  of  this  report, 
forward  a  copy  of  the  same  to  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, which  shall,  upon  receipt  thereof,  and  upon  receipt 
of  proof,  showing  that  any  of  those  enumerated  therein, 
are  deaf,  or  dumb,  or  blind,  and  of  sound  mind  and  body, 
and  of  parents  who  are  not  able  to  provide  for  their 
education,  issue  to  applicants,  so  qualified,  a  certificate 
reciting  the  facts  proved ;  which  certificate  shall  entitle 
the  holder  thereof  to  receive  as  hereinafter  provided  for, 
the  benefits  provided  for  in  this  chapter. 

Par.  2856.  The  said  Board  of  Education  shall  enter 
into  contract,  with  some  one  of  the  states  having  an  in- 
stitution for  the  education  of  the  blind,  for  the  education 
of  the  blind  of  this  state  upon  the  most  economical  terms 
possible,  and  the  contract,  so  entered  upon,  shall  provide 
that  the  state  so  contracted  with,  shall,  upon  presentation 
by  any  applicant  of  the  certificate  provided  for  in  sec- 
tion 152  (Par.  2855)  of  this  chapter,  receive  and  care 
for  said  applicant,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the 
contract.  The  state  so  contracted  with  shall  be  paid  from 
the  appropriation  made  in  section  151  (Par.  2854)  of  this 
chapter,  at  the  rate  of  not  to  exceed  three  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars  a  year  for  each  scholar's  instruction  and 
board,  including  board  during  vacation,  on  the  certifi- 


86  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

cate  of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  to  be  furnished  by 
the  State  Auditor. 

Par.  2857.  The  University  of  Arizona  shall  upon 
the  presentation  by  any  applicant  of  a  certificate  issued 
by  the  State  Board  of  Education,  showing  that  said  ap- 
plicant is  afflicted  with  either  deafness  or  dumbness, 
admit  the  holder  thereof  to  receive  the  benefits  provided 
by  section  153  Par.  2856),  Revised  Statutes,  1913,  and 
shall,  as  well,  provide  said  applicant  with  board  and 
lodging.  The  expenses  for  the  board  and  lodging 
of  said  applicant,  including  board  and  lodging  dur- 
ing vacation,  shall  be  paid  to  said  University  on  the 
certificate  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  to  be  furnished 
to  the  State  Auditor,  from  the  appropriation  made  in 
section  151  (Par.  2854)  of  this  chapter,  at  the  rate  of 
not  to  exceed  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  a  year  for 
each  scholar's  board  and  lodging.  This  section  shall  not 
be  construed  to  conflict  with,  or  in  any  way  invalidate 
the  provisions  of  Par.  4495,  Revised  Statutes  of  Arizona, 
1913. 

Par.  2858.  The  State  Board  of  Education  is  hereby 
authorized  to  provide  for  the  careful  examination  of 
all  applicants  for  admission  to  the  benefits  provided  by 
this  chapter,  and  to  audit  and  certify,  to  the  State  Audi- 
tor, all  accounts  for  the  expense  of  designating  the  in- 
stitution for  the  education  of  the  blind,  and  for  conduct- 
ing examinations  of  applicants,  and  for  all  contin- 
gent expenses  attending  the  same;  and  the  accounts 
thereof  shall  be  paid  from  the  appropriation  made  in 
section  151  (Par.  2854)  of  this  chapter. 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 
BLIND  CHILDREN  UNDER  SCHOOL  AGE 

Par.  2859.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  have 
power  to  provide  for  the  suitable  care,  maintenance,  and 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  87 

instruction  of  blind  children  under  school  age  residing 
in  this  state  where,  by  reason  of  lack  of  means  or  other 
cause,  the  parent  or  parents  of  such  children  are  unable 
to  properly  care  for,  maintain,  and  educate  such  children. 

Par.  2860.  For  the  purpose  of  providing  such  care, 
maintenance,  and  instruction  the  said  Board  of  Educa- 
tion shall  have  power  to  contract  with  any  institution 
having  or  furnishing  facilities  for  such  care,  maintenance, 
and  instruction  in  this  or  any  other  state  at  a  contract 
price  to  be  agreed  upon,  not  exceeding  one  dollar  per 
day;  provided,  that  such  contract  shall  be  made  upon 
the  written  consent  of  the  parents  or  surviving  parent  of 
any  such  child. 

Par.  2861.  Such  contract  shall  continue  in  force, 
and  the  care,  maintenance,  and  instruction  provided 
therein  shall  continue  until  such  child  attains  the  age 
of  six  years;  provided,  however,  that  the  said  board  of 
education  may  in  its  discretion  continue  such  contract 
in  force  until  such  child  attains  the  age  of  twelve  years. 

Par.  2862.  There  shall  be  included  in  the  tax  to 
be  levied  for  state  school  purposes,  a  rate  sufficient  to 
raise  the  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  in  addi- 
tion to  all  other  sums  provided  by  law,  which  sum,  or 
so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby  appro- 
priated for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter. 

Par.  2863.  Nothing  in  this  chapter  contained  shall 
be  deemed  to  repeal  or  in  any  way  modify  any  existing 
law  with  reference  to  the  education  of  the  deaf,  dumb, 
and  blind. 

CHAPTER  XXVII. 
IMPROVEMENT  OF  SCHOOL  PROPERTY. 

Par.  2864.  Boards  of  trustees  of  school  districts  and 
high  school  districts  in  incorporated  cities  and  towns,  in 


88  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

addition  to  the  powers  heretofore  conferred  upon  such 
boards  by  law,  shall  have  authority  to  enter  into  con- 
tracts for  grading  of  regrading,  planking  or  replanking, 
paving  or  repaving,  capping  or  recapping,  oiling  or  re- 
oiling,  macadamizing  or  remacadamizing,  graveling  or 
regraveling,  piling  or  repiling,  or  otherwise  improving 
or  reimproving  any  street,  lane,  alley,  place,  court,  ave- 
nue, boulevard,  highway  or  public  way  adjacent  to  any 
lot,  portion  of  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land,  owned  by  said 
district,  or  any  crossing  or  intersection  of  such  street, 
lane,  alley,  place,  court,  avenue,  boulevard,  highway  or 
public  way  adjoining  any  quarter  block  in  which  any  lot, 
portion  of  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land  belonging  to  such 
district  is  situated,  and  for  the  construction  or  reconstruc- 
tion of  sidewalks,  manholes,  culverts,  bridges,  gutters, 
tunnels,  curbs  and  crosswalks,  storm  water  ditches,  and 
drains,  conduits  or  channels  and  breakwater  levees  in  or 
along  said  streets  and  intersections;  and  to  pay  for  any 
of  the  improvements  herein  described  by  the  levy  of  a 
special  assessment  upon  the  taxable  property  in  such 
district,  or  by  issuing  and  selling  the  bonds  of  the  dis- 
trict for  the  purpose  of  making  or  paying  for  such  im- 
provements; provided,  however,  that  before  any  such 
board  of  trustees  shall  levy  such  assessment  for  making 
such  improvements  or  issue  or  sell  any  bonds  of  their 
district  for  the  purpose  of  making  or  paying  for  any  such 
improvements  they  shall  call  an  election  and  submit  to 
the  taxpayers  of  the  district  the  question  of  whether 
or  not  such  improvements  shall  be  made,  and  where  il  is 
considered  by  the  trustees  advisable  to  issue  bonds  for 
making  or  paying  for  such  improvements  the  question 
of  whether  or  not  the  bonds  of  said  district  shall  be  is- 
sued shall  likewise  be  submitted  at  such  election. 

If  a  majority  of  the  taxpayers  voting  at  such  elec- 
tion shall  vote  in  favor  of  making  such  improvement,  the 
board  of  trustees  shall  have  authority  to  levy  a  special 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  89 

assessment  upon  the  taxable  property  in  such  district 
for  making  and  paying  for  the  same;  and  in  the  event 
that  bonds  are  to  be  issued  to  pay  for  such  improvements, 
if  a  majority  of  the  taxpayers  voting  at  such  election 
shall  vote  in  favor  of  the  issuing  and  selling  the  bonds 
of  the  district,  then  said  bonds  shall  be  issued,  otherwise 
not. 

Such  election  shall  be  called  and  conducted  in  the 
manner  now  provided  for  elections  for  the  issuance  of 
bonds  by  said  districts,  and  any  bonds  issued  in  pursu- 
ance of  any  such  election  shall  be  as  valid  in  all  respects 
as  the  bonds  of  such  districts  issued  for  any  purposes 
heretofore  authorized  by  law. 

Par.  2865.  At  such  election  the  ballot  shall  contain 
the  words  "assessment  yes"  and  "assessment  no,"  or 
"bonds  yes"  or  "bonds  no,"  as  the  case  may  be.  If  the 
majority  of  the  votes  cast  be  in  favor  of  an  .assessment, 
the  board  of  trustees  shall  designate  one  of  their  num- 
ber to  act  as  assessor  and  collector  who  shall,  from  the 
last  assessment  roll  of  the  county,  make  an  assessment 
roll  containing  a  list  of  all  the  taxable  property  in  the 
district  and  the  value  thereof,  and  return  such  roll  to 
the  board  of  trustees  of  the  district.  Said  board  shall 
upon  receiving  the  roll,  deduct  fifteen  per  cent,  thereof 
for  delinquencies,  and  then  by  dividing  the  sum  neces- 
sary for  the  proposed  improvement,  together  with  the 
estimated  cost  of  assessing  and  collecting  added  thereto 
by  the  remainder  of  the  roll  ascertain  the  rate  per  cent, 
required,  and  the  rate  so  ascertained  shall  be  levied  and 
assessed  on  the  persons  and  property  described  in  such 
roll,  and  shall  be  a  lien  on  such  property  until  paid.  The 
board  of  trustees  shall  fix  the  time  within  which  such 
assessment  shall  be  paid,  and  if  any  such  assessment 
shall  not  be  paid  within  such  time  the  same  shall  be 
collected  in  the  same  manner  as  delinquent  state  and 
county  taxes. 


90  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

TITLE  XLII. 
CHAPTER  III. 

Par.  4490.  In  order  to  facilitate  the  use  of  the 
educational  advantages  of  the  University  of  Arizona,  and 
to  equalize  the  educational  opportunities  of  the  students 
of  this  State,  there  shall  be  awarded  annually,  to  each 
county  in  the  State,  one  scholarship  of  One  Hundred 
and  Fifty  Dollars  ($150.00),  which  shall  be  used  by  the 
holder  for  tuition,  room,  and  board,  at  the  said  Univer- 
sity during  the  academic  year  following  the  award ;  pro- 
vided, that  no  county  shall,  during  any  one  academic 
year,  receive  more  than  One  Hundred  and  Fifty  Dollars 
($150.00). 

Par.  4491.  Each  scholarship,  when  awarded,  shall 
bear  the  name  of  the  county  to  which  it  has  been 
awarded ;  and  the  expenses  of  the  holder  thereof  shall  be 
paid  to  the  president  of  the  University  out  of  the  general 
fund  of  the  State ;  such  payment  to  be  made  monthly, 
upon  the  receipt  by  the  State  Auditor,  of  the  certificate 
of  the  President  of  the  University,  that  the  holder  has 
done  his  work  in  a  satisfactory  manner  for  the  preceding 
month. 

Par.  4492.  The  method  of  award  shall  be  as  fol- 
lows: The  county  school  superintendent  of  each  county, 
whenever  in  his  county  there  is  no  holder  of  a  scholar- 
ship for  the  ensuing  academic  year,  shall  receive  and 
register  the  names  of  all  applicants  for  such  scholarship. 
On  the  last  Saturday  in  August  of  the  year  1912,  and  on 
the  last  Saturday  in  June  of  each  succeeding  year,  he 
shall  hold  an  examination  according  to  the  rules  and 
regulations  prescribed  by  the  President  of  the  University, 
said  examination  to  be  open  only  to  persons  between 
the  ages  of  sixteen  and  twenty-two  years,  who  are  grad- 
uates of  one  of  the  four  year  high  schools  of  the  county. 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  91 

and  who,  if  there  be  no  four  year  high  school  in  the 
county,  are  residents  of  the  county,  and  have  completed 
elsewhere  a  course  equivalent  to  such  four  year  course. 
The  county  school  superintendent  shall  send  to  the  presi- 
dent of  the  University  within  one  day  after  the  comple- 
tion of  the  examination,  the  papers  of  all  applicants, 
together  with  a  certificate  stating  thaf  the  prescribed 
regulations  have  been  fully  complied  with.  On  receipt 
thereof,  the  president  shall  cause  the  papers  to  be 
graded  by  the  members  of  the  faculty  of  the  University, 
and  issue  to  the  person  passing  with  the  highest  record, 
a  certificate  of  scholarship,  which  shall  entitle  the  holder 
to  the  advantages  specified  in  Par.  4490,  for  the  follow- 
ing year.  Should  such  holder  fail  to  accept  the  schol- 
arship, others  passing  the  examination  may  be  appointed 
in  the  order  of  excellence. 

Par.  4493.  In  all  respects  such  holders  of  scholar- 
ships shall  be  subject  to  all  rules,  requirements,  and  ex- 
aminations, as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  regents  and 
faculty  for  other  students  of  the  University. 

TITLE  LII. 

CHAPTER  II. 

STATS,  COUNTY  AND  MUNICIPAL  INDEBTEDNESS. 

Par.  5266.  Whenever  it  is  attempted  to  increase 
the  aggregate  amount  of  the  indebtedness  of  any  county 
school  district,  city,  town,  or  other  municipal  corpora- 
tion, so  as  to  exceed  four  per  centum  of  the  value  of  the 
taxable  property  in  such  county,  school  district,  city, 
town,  or  other  municipal  corporation,  such  value  of  tax- 
able property  therein  to  be  ascertained  by  the  last  as- 
sessment for  State  and  county  purposes  previous  to  such 
proposed  incurring  of  such  indebtedness,  such  county, 
school  district,  city,  town,  or  other  municipal  corporation 


92  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA. 

may  become  indebted  in  an  amount  exceeding  four  per 
centum  of  the  value  of  such  taxable  property  in  the  man- 
ner and  by  compliance  with  the  provision  of  this  chapter. 

Par.  5267.  Any  county,  school  district,  city,  town, 
or  other  municipal  corporation,  acting  through  its  board 
'of  supervisors,  board  of  school  trustees,  city  or  town 
council,  or  the  governing  body  of  any  other  municipal 
corporation,  may,  of  its  own  volition,  and  must  upon 
petition  signed  by  fifteen  per  centum  of  the  property 
taxpayers,  who  shall  in  all  other  respects  be  qualified 
electors,  in  said  county,  school  district,  city,  town,  or 
other  municipal  corporation,  order  an  election  by  the 
property  taxpayers.,  who  in  all  other  respects  shall  be 
qualified  electors,  in  such  county,  school  district,  city, 
town,  or  other  municipal  corporation,  for  the  purpose  of 
determining  whether  such  indebtedness  shall  be  author- 
ized; Provided,  that  the  order  for  the  election  in  any 
school  district  shall  be  made  by  the  board  of  supervisors 
in  the  county  where  such  election  shall  be  held,  either 
upon  such  petition,  or  upon  request  of  the  board  of  school 
trustees. 

Par.  5268.  At  any  election  so  held,  if  a  majority 
of  the  property  taxpayers,  who  must  also,  in  all  respects, 
be  qualified  electors,  therein  voting  at  said  election,  in 
such  county,  school  district,  city,  town,  or  other  municipal 
corporation,  shall  vote  in  favor  of  the  creation  of  an  in- 
debtedness to  an  amount  exceeding  four  per  centum  of 
the  value  of  the  taxable  property  in  such  county,  school 
district,  city,  town,  or  other  municipal  corporation,  such 
value  to  be  ascertained  as  provided  in  Sec.  1  hereof,  such 
county,  school  district,  city,  town,  or  other  municipal  cor- 
poration, shall  be  permitted  to  become  indebted  in  an 
amount  exceeding  four  per  centum  of  the  value  of  tax- 
able property  therein;  provided,  that  in  incorporated 
cities  and  towns  the  value  of  taxable  property  herein 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  93 

mentioned  shall  be  taken  from  the  last  assessment  for 
city  or  town  purposes  made  previous  to  incurring  such 
indebtedness;  provided,  further,  that  any  incorporated 
city  or  town,  with  such  assent,  may  be  allowed  to  be- 
come indebted  to  a  larger  amount,  but  not  exceeding 
fifteen  per  centum  additional,  for  supplying  such  city 
or  town  with  water,  artificial  light,  or  sewers,  when  the 
works  for  supplying  such  water,  artificial  light,  or  sew- 
ers are  or  shall  be  owned  and  controlled  by  the  munici- 
pality. 

Par.  5269.  Whenever  the  board  of  supervisors, 
board  of  school  trustees,  city  or  town  council,  or  the  gov- 
erning body  of  any  other  municipal  corporation,  shall 
order  an  election  for  the  purpose  herein  provided,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  said  board  of  supervisors,  board  of  school 
trustees,  city  or  town  council,  or  the  governing  body  of 
any  other  municipal  corporation,  to  order  such  election 
to  be  held  at  the  regular  voting  place,  or  places,  within 
the  limits  of  said  county  school  district,  city,  town,  or 
other  municipal  corporation,  wherein  such  indebtedness 
is  attempted  $o  be  created,  not  less  than  30  nor  more 
than  60  days  from  the  date  of  said  order;  provided, 
whenever  an  election  shall  be  held  for  the  purpose  of 
creating  an  indebtedness  by  a  county,  or  school  district, 
such  order  shall  be  made  by  the  board  of  supervisors  of 
the  county  wherein  such  election  shall  be  held. 

The  order  thus  made  shall  prescribe  the  object  of 
such  election,  as  prescribed  in  Sec.  8  of  this  chapter, 
and  shall  be  held  to  be  prima  facie  evidence  that  all  of 
the  provisions  necessary  to  give  it  validity  or  qualify  such 
board  of  supervisors,  city  or  town  council,  or  the  gov- 
erning body  of  any  other  municipal  corporation,  to  make 
such  order  have  been  fully  complied  with. 

Par.  5270.  Said  board  of  supervisors,  city  or  town 
council,  or  the  governing  body  of  any  other  municipal 


94  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA. 

corporation  shall  cause  to  be  posted  at  least  five  (5) 
copies  of  such  order  in  public  places  within  the  county, 
school  district,  city,  or  town,  or  other  municipal  corpora- 
tion wherein  such  election  is  to  be  held,  at  least  twelve 
(12)  days  prior  to  the  date  of  the  election,  and  shall  post 
a  copy  of  said  notice  at  each  polling  place  within  the 
county,  school  district,  city,  town,  or  other  municipal 
corporation;  provided,  that  in  addition  to  the  posting  of 
such  notice,  publication  of  a  copy  thereof  shall  be  made 
in  some  newspaper  designated  by  said  board  of  super- 
visors, mayor  of  said  city  or  town,  or  the  executive 
officer  of  any  other  municipal  corporation  for  at  least 
30  days  prior  to  the  date  of  such  election. 

Such  election  shall  be  held  in  conformity  with  the 
provisions  of  the  general  election  laws  of  the  State  and 
by  the  officers  of  election  provided  to  be  appointed  by, 
and  who  shall  qualify,  under  such  laws;  the  return  of 
said  election  in  the  case  of  a  county,  or  school  district, 
shall  be  made  to  the  board  of  supervisors  of  the  county 
wherein  such  election  is  held,  and,  in  any  other  case,  to 
the  city  or  town  council  or  other  governing  body  of  any 
other  municipal  corporation  within  twelve  (12)  days 
from  the  date  of  such  election ;  whereupon,  the  board  of 
supervisors,  city  or  town  council,  or  the  governing  body 
of  any  other  municipal  corporation  shall  hold  a  special 
meeting  on  the  first  Monday  succeeding  said  twelfth  day 
for  the  purpose  of  canvassing  the  vote  cast  at  said  elec- 
tion ;  and  they  shall  immediately  thereafter  by  the  cer- 
tificate in  the  next  Section  of  this  Title,  provided,  declare 
the  result  of  said  election. 

Said  certificate  of  the  result  of  election,  so  made, 
shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  complete  perform- 
ance of  all  of  the  conditions  and  requirements  precedent 
to  the  holding  of  such  election. 

Par.  5271.  At  any  election  so  held,  if  a  majority  of 
the  property  taxpayers,  who  must  also  in  all  respects  be 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  95 

qualified  electors,  therein  voting  at  said  election,  in  such 
county,  school  district,  city,  town  or  other  municipal  cor- 
poration, shall  vote  in  favor  of  the  creation  of  an  indebt- 
edness in  excess  of  four*  per  centum  of  taxable  property, 
the  value  of  such  taxable  property  to  be  ascertained  as 
herein  prescribed,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of 
supervisors,  city  or  town  council,  or  the  governing  body 
of  any  other  municipal  corporation  (at  the  time  pre- 
scribed in  section  five  (Par.  5270  hereof),  to  file  and 
record  in  the  office  of  the  county  recorder  of  such  county 
wherein  such  election  is  held,  a  certificate  showing  the 
object  of  such  election,  the  total  number  of  votes  cast 
at  such  election,  the  total  number  of  votes  cast  in 
favor  of  the  creation  of  such  indebtedness  and  the 
total  number  of  votes  cast  against  the  creation  of 
such  indebtedness;  and  such  certificate  shall  contain  a 
further  statement  that  the  creation  of  such  indebtedness 
is  ordered;  and  thereupon  it  shall  immediately  become 
the  duty  of  such  board  of  supervisors,  board  of  school 
trustees,  city  or  town  council,  or  the  governing  body  of 
any  other  municipal  corporation  to  take  such  steps  as  are 
in  this  chapter  required  to  carry  out  the  object  of  such 
election. 

Par.  5272.  No  political  subdivision  or  municipal 
corporations  other  than  the  subdivision  or  municipal  cor- 
poration wherein  the  election  shall  be  held  as  above  pre- 
scribed, for  the  creation  of  any  indebtedness  herein  pro- 
vided for,  shall  in  any  manner  be  responsible  for,  or 
charged  with,  the  payment  of  any  of  the  principal  sum 
or  interest  thereon  evidenced  by  such  indebtedness. 

Par.  5273.  Whenever  any  county,  school  district, 
city,  town,  or  other  municipal  corporation  shall  desire 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  to  issue  bonds  or 
other  evidences  of  indebtedness  of  said  county,  school 
district,  city,  town,  or  other  municipal  corporation,  the 


96  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

board  of  supervisors,  board  of  school  trustees,  city  or 
t©wn  council  or  the  governing  body  of  any  other  munici- 
pal corporation,  may,  with  the  assent  of  a  majority  of  the 
property  taxpayers,  therein  voting  at  said  election,  in 
such  county,  school  district,  city,  town,  or  other  munici- 
pal corporation,  given  in  the  manner  herein  provided, 
issue  and  sell  bonds  of  said  county,  city,  school  district, 
town,  or  other  municipal  corporation,  as  herein  provided, 
in  the  amount  of  indebtedness  authorized  at  said  elec- 
tion to  be  created;  provided,  that  in  the  call  for  said 
election  hereinbefore  in  Second  Section  (Par.  5267)  of 
this  Chapter  required  to  be  made,  there  shall  be  set 
forth  the  aggregate  amount  of  said  bonds,  the  term 
thereof,  the  rate  of  interest  to  be  paid  thereon,  when 
such  interest  shall  be  paid,  the  date  of  maturity  of  said 
bonds  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness,  and  the  pur- 
pose for  which  the  money  derived  from  the  sale  of  such 
bonds  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness  shall  be  ex- 
pended. 

No  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness  author- 
ized to  be  issued  shall  bear  interest  at  a  rate  exceeding 
six  per  centum  per  annum. 

Par.  5274.  Whenever  an  issuance  of  bonds  or  other 
evidences  of  indebtedness  shall  have  been  authorized 
under  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter,  it  shall  become 
the  duty  of  the  county  board  of  supervisors  in  behalf 
of  the  county  or  board  of  school  trustees,  city  or  town 
council,  or  the  governing  body  of  any  other  municipal 
corporation  issuing  said  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  in- 
debtedness, to  cause  said  bonds  to  be  prepared  in  the 
amount  and  of  the  denominations  so  authorized,  which 
bonds,  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness  shall  bear 
the  date  of  their  issuance,  shall  be  numbered  consecu- 
tively from  one  upwards,  and  shall  be  signed  and  at- 
tested by  the  following  persons,  to-wit:  when  issued  by 
the  county,  by  the  chairman  and  clerk  of  the  board  of 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  97 

supervisors;  when  issued  by  a  school  district,  by  the 
chairman  and  clerk  of  the  board  of  school  trustees, 
countersigned  by  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  supervis- 
ors of  the  county  wherein  such  school  district  is  situated ; 
when  issued  by  a  city  or  town,  by  the  mayor  and  the 
city  clerk  of  such  city  or  town,  and  when  issued  by  any 
other  municipal  corporation,  by  the  executive  officer  and 
clerk  of  the  governing  body  of  such  other  municipal  cor- 
poration, with  the  corporate  seal  of  any  such  political 
subdivision  or  municipal  corporation,  if  there  be  one, 
affixed  thereto ;  and  said  bonds  shall  be  payable  at  a 
date  not  to  exceed  forty  (40)  years  from  the  date  of  their 
issuance. 

Par.  5275.  Said  bonds  shall  be  payable  to  bearer, 
and  coupons  for  the  interest  shall  be  attached  to  each 
of  said  bonds  so  that  the  same  may  be  removed  there- 
from without  mutilating  the  bonds,  and  each  of  said 
coupons  shall  bear  a  fac  simile  of  tjie  signature  of  the 
officers  in  the  preceding  section  hereof  mentioned  as  said 
signatures  appear  upon  said  bonds;  provided,  that  it 
shall  not  be  necessary  to  impress  upon  any  such  coupon 
the  seal  hereinbefore  mentioned. 

Par.  5276.  Before  the  sale  of  any  of  such  bonds  or 
other  evidences  of  indebtedness,  the  board  of  supervisors, 
in  behalf  of  the  county,  or  of  the  board  of  school  trustees, 
or  the  city  or  town  council,  or  the  governing  body  of  any 
other  municipal  corporation,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall 
at  a  regular  meeting,  or  at  a  special  meeting  called  for 
that  purpose,  cause  to  be  entered  upon  the  record  of 
said  body  an  order  directing  the  sale  of  said  bonds  or 
other  evidences  of  indebtedness,  and  the  date  and  hour 
of  said  sale,  and  shall  cause  a  copy  of  said  order  to  be 
published  for  at  least  four  (4)  consecutive  weeks  before 
said  sale  in  such  daily  or  weekly  newspaper  or  news- 
papers as  may  be  designated  by  said  body,  together  with 


98  SCHOOL  LAWS    OF  ARIZONA. 

a  notice  that  sealed  proposals  will  be  received  by  them 

for  the  purchase  of  said  bonds,  or  other  evidences  of 

indebtedness,  on  the  date  and  hour  named  in  said  order. 

Said  governing  body  shall,  at  said  time,  and  at  a 

meeting  to  be  held  for  such  purpose,  open  all  sealed 
proposals  received  by  them,  and  shall  award  the  pur- 
chase of  said  bonds  to  the  highest  and  best  responsible 
bidder;  provided,  that  none  of  said  bonds  or  other  evi- 
dences of  indebtedness  shall  be  sold  for  a  less  amount 
than  par  with  accrued  interest.  All  bids  or  proposals 
received  for  the  purchase  of  said  bonds,  or  other  evi- 
dences of  indebtedness,  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  cer- 
tified check  for  a  sum  not  less  than  five  per  cent.  (5 
per  cent.)  of  the  total  amount  of  such  bid,  and  such  gov- 
erning body  shall  have  the  right  to  reject  any  and  all 
bids,  and  all  such  certified  checks  accompanying  bids 
which  are  not  accepted,  and  which  are  rejected,  shall 
be  returned  to  the  ^arty  tendering  the  same. 

The  certified  check  so  deposited  by  the  successful 
bidder  shall  be  retained  by  said  board  of  supervisors,  or 
city  or  town  council,  and  shall  be  forfeited  in  the  event 
that  such  bidder  shall  not  carry  out  the  terms  of  the 
contract  provided  herein  to  be  entered  into,  provided, 
however,  that  such  forfeiture  shall  not  be  deemed  or 
taken  as  stipulated  or  liquidated  damages  for  a  breach 
of  said  contract  and  shall  not  prevent  such  board  of 
supervisors,  or  city  or  town  council,  from  recovering  dam- 
ages under  said  contract. 

Par.  5277.  The  amount  of  bonds  sold,  their  num- 
bers and  dates,  shall  be  entered  upon  the  record  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  governing  body  of  the  county,  school 
district,  city,  town,  or  other  municipal  corporation  dis- 
posing of  the  same. 

Par.  5278.  After  said  bonds  or  other  evidences  of 
indebtedness  are  issued,  if  such  indebtedness  is  created 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  99 

by  a  county  of  a  school  district  situated  therein,  and  until 
all  of  said  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness  of 
such  county  are  redeemed,  the  board  of  supervisors  of 
such  county  where  such  indebtedness  is  created  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  and  the  city  or  town 
council,  or  the  governing  body  of  any  other  municipal 
corporation,  creating  such  indebtedness  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter,  if  such  bonds  or  other  evidences 
of  indebtedness  are  issued  by  such  city  or  town,  is  author- 
ized and  it  shall  be  its  duty,  to  levy  and  cause  to  be 
collected  a  tax  in  addition  to  the  amount  of  taxes  which 
now  or  may  hereafter  be  authorized  by  law  for  state  and 
county  purposes,  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  other  taxes  are  levied  and  collected  by  such 
county,  city,  or  town  upon  all  taxable  property  in  such 
county,  school  district,  or  city,  town,  or  other  municipal 
corporation,  sufficient  to  pay  the  interest  on  all  bonds 
issued  when  such  interest  shall  become  due,  and  said  tax 
when  collected  shall  constitute  a  fund  for  the  payment 
of  interest  on  said  bonds,  or  other  evidences  of  indebted- 
ness and  shall  be  called  "Interest  Fund." 

Par.  5279.  The  board  of  supervisors  of  any  county 
wherein  any  indebtedness  shall  be  created  under  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter,  either  by  the  county  or  by  any 
school  district  situated  therein,  and  the  council  of  any 
incorporated  city  or  town,  shall  also  and  in  addition  to 
the  taxes  for  State  and  county  purposes,  or  the  taxes  for 
city  and  town  purposes,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  the  tax 
hereinabove  provided  to  be  levied  for  the  payment  of 
interest  on  such  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  indebted- 
ness, levy  a  tax  for  the  purpose  of  redeeming  said  bonds 
or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness  when  the  same  shall 
mature,  as  specified  in  the  order  and  call  for  election 
hereinbefore  in  this  chapter,  provided  to  be  made,  and 
all  money  derived  from  the  levy  of  the  tax  in  this  Sec- 
tion provided  for,  when  collected,  shall  constitute  a  fund 


100  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF   ARIZONA. 

and  shall  be  called  the  "Redemption  Fund,  and  shall  be 
used  for  the  redemption  of  said  bonds  or  other  evidences 
of  indebtedness  according  to  the  number  of  their  issue. 
The  tax  in  this  section  provided  to  be  levied,  shall  be 
levied  annually  so  as  to  provide  a  fund  for  the  redemp- 
tion of  such  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness 
when  the  same  shall  mature. 

Par.  5280.  Whenever  the  owner  of  any  coupon 
bond  issued  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter 
shall  present  such  bond  to  the  State  Auditor  with  the 
request  for  the  conversion  of  such  bond  into  a  registered 
bond,  the  State  Auditor  shall  cut  off  and  cancel  the  cup- 
pon  of  any  such  coupon  bonds  so  presented  and  shall 
stamp,  print  or  write  upon  such  bonds,  so  presented, 
either  upon  the  back  or  the  face  thereof,  as  may  be  con- 
venient, a  statement  to  the  effect  that  the  said  bond  is 
registered  in  the  name  of  the  owner  and  that  thereafter 
the  interest  and  principal  of  said  bonds  are  payable  to 
the  registered  owner.  Thereafter  and  from  time  to 
time,  any  such  bond  may  be  transferred  by  such  regis- 
tered owner  in  person  or  by  attorney  duly  authorized,  on 
presentation  of  such  bond  to  the  State  Auditor  and  the 
bond  again  registered  as  before,  a  similar  statement  be- 
ing stamped,  printed  or  written  thereon.  Such  state- 
ment stamped,  printed  or  written  upon  such  bond  may 
be  in  substantially  the  following  form: 

(Date,  giving  month,  year  and  day.) 

This  bond  is  registered  pursuant  to  the  statutes  in 

such  case  made  and  provided  in  the  name  of 

and  the  interest  and  principal  thereof  are  hereafter  pay- 
able to  such  owner. 

State  Auditor. 

If  any  bond  shall  have  been  registered  as  aforesaid, 
the  principal  and  interest  of  such  bond  shall  be  payable  to 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  101 

the  registered  owner.  The  State  Auditor  shall  enter 
in  the  register  of  said  bonds  kept  by  him  pursuant  to  the 
provisions  of  this  Chapter,  or  in  a  separate  book,  the 
fact  of  the  registration  of  such  bond  and  in  whose  name 
respectively,  so  that  said  register  or  book  shall  at  all 
times  show  what  bonds  are  registered  and  the  name  of 
the  registered  owner  thereof. 

Par.  5281.  When  any  bonds  or  other  evidences  of 
indebtedness  created  under  the  provisions  of  this  Chap- 
ter, shall  mature,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county 
treasurer,  when  such  bonds  shall  have  been  issued  by  the 
county  or  any  school  district,  and  of  the  city  and  town 
treasurer,  as  the  case  may  be,  when  any  such  bonds 
shall  have  been  issued  by  any  incorporated  city  or  town, 
to  give  notice  for  four  (4)  weeks  in  some  newspaper 
published  in  the  county  in  which  such  bonds  or  other 
evidences  of  indebtedness  shall  have  been  issued,  of  the 
intention  of  such  county,  school  district,  city,  or  town  to 
redeem  such  bonds,  stating  the  amount  thereof,  and  such 
redemption  shall  be  made  by  the  county,  city,  or  town, 
as  the  case  may  be,  and  all  said  bonds  or  other  evi- 
dences of  indebtedness  shall  cease  to  draw  interest  at  the 
expiration  of  four  weeks  after  the  date  of  said  notice, 
and  if  such  bonds  so  noticed  for  redemption  shall  not 
be  presented  for  redemption  within  three  (3)  months 
from  the  date  of  such  notice,  said  county  treasurer,  or 
city  or  town  treasurer,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  apply 
said  money  to  the  redemption  of  the  bonds  next  in  the 
order  of  the  number  of  their  issue. 

When  any  interest  shall  be  due  upon  any  of  said 
bonds  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness  under  the 
provisions  of  this  Chapter,  the  coupons  due  and  payable 
shall  be  delivered  to  the  county,  city,  or  town  treasurer, 
as  the  case  may  be,  who  shall  pay  the  same  and  write 
the  word  "Cancelled"  across  the  face  thereof,  and  said 
coupons  so  paid  and  cancelled  shall  be  said  treasurer's 


102  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA. 

receipt  for  the  payment  of  the  same,  and  when  any 
of  said  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness 
shall  be  paid  and  redeemed,  said  treasurer  shall  in 
like  manner  mark  them  "Cancelled"  on  the  face  thereof 
over  his  signature,  and  immediately  deliver  the  same  to 
the  clerk  of  the  said  board  of  supervisors,  or  city  or  town 
council,  as  the  case  may  be,  taking  his  receipt  therefor, 
and  said  clerk  upon  receipt  of  said  cancelled  bonds  or 
other  evidences  of  indebtedness  shall  file  the  same  in  his 
office  and  report  the  same  to  the  board  of  supervisors, 
or  city  or  town  council,  as  the  case  may  be. 

The  board  of  supervisors,  city  or  town  council,  as 
the  case  may  be,  of  any  county,  school  district,  city  or 
town,  issuing  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness 
under  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter,  shall,  by  resolu- 
tion entered  upon  its  minutes,  prior  to  the  offering  for 
sale  of  said  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness,  and 
within  a  period  of  15  days  from  the  canvassing  of  the 
vote  of  the  election  herein  provided  for,  prepare  a 
form  of  bond,  which  shall  substantially  conform  to  the 
description  of  said  bonds  mentioned  in  the  order  re- 
quired by  this  Chapter,  to  be  published  and  recorded. 

Par.  5282.  If  any  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  in- 
debtedness shall  be  issued  and  sold  by  any  county,  school 
district,  city,  town,  or  other  municipal  corporation,  under 
the  provisions  of  this  Chapter,  for  the  purpose  of  erect- 
ing and  furnishing  any  public  building  within  such 
county,  school  district,  city,  town,  or  other  municipal 
corporation,  the  board  of  supervisors,  in  the  event  such 
public  building  shall  be  erected  and  furnished  by  the 
county  or  school  district,  and  the  city  or  town  council 
in  the  event  such  public  building  is  to  be  erected  and 
furnished  by  a  city,  town,  or  other  municipal  corpora- 
tion, shall,  within  the  period  which  it  is  required  under 
the  provisions  of  the  preceding  Section  of  this  Chapter 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   ARIZONA.  103 

prepare  and  adopt  a  form  of  bond  or  other  evidence  of 
indebtedness,  adopt  plans  and  specifications  for  such 
building,  and  said  board  of  supervisors,  city  or  town  coun- 
cil, as  the  case  may  be,  shall,  as  soon  as  may  be  prac- 
ticable after  the  adoption  of  such  plans  and  specifica- 
tions, advertise  for  bids  for  the  erection  and  furnishing 
of  said  building. 

The  notice  of  advertisement  for  such  bids  shall 
set  a  day  and  hour,  not  less  than  forty  days  from  the 
date  of  such  notice,  when  said  bids  shall  be  received 
and  opened,  and  said  board  of  supervisors,  city  or  town 
council,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  award  the  contract 
for  the  erection  and  furnishing,  or  the  erection  or  furnish-* 
ing  of  said  building  to  the  lowest  and  best  responsible 
bidder,  provided  that  any  and  all  bids  so  submitted  may 
be  rejected.  In  the  event  any  bid  shall  be  accepted, 
said  board  of  supervisors,  city  or  town  council,  as  the 
case  may  be,  shall  require  the  person  or  persons  to  whom 
such  award  or  contract  has  been  let,  to  enter  into  a  writ- 
ten contract  with  said  board  of  supervisors,  city  or  town 
council,  as  the  case  may  be,  for  the  erection  and  com- 
pletion of  said  building  and  the  furnishing  thereof,  and 
shall  require  such  person  or  persons  entering  into  such 
contract  to  give  bonds  to  said  county,  city,  or  town,  for 
the  amount  of  the  contract,  with  two  or  more  sufficient 
sureties,  or  give  a  surety  company  bond  in  a  like  man- 
ner, conditioned  upon  the  faithful  performance  of  the 
contract,  such  bond  to  be  approved  by  the  board  of 
supervisors,  city  or  town  council,  as  the  case  may  be. 

Such  board  of  supervisors,  city  or  town  council, 
as  the  case  may  be,  may  agree  to  pay  and  pay  upon 
such  contract  as  follows :  Upon  the  completion  of  one- 
third  of  the  work,  one-fifth  of  the  contract  price ;  upon 
completion  of  two-thirds  of  the  work,  an  amount  suffi- 
cient with  the  prior  payment  to  make  one-half  of  the 


104  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

contract  price;  and  the  balance  of  the  contract  price 
shall  be  paid  upon  the  completion  and  acceptance  of 
the  buildings  and  the  furnishing  thereof  under  said 
contract  by  said  board  of  supervisors,  city  or  town 
council. 

In  the  event  that  it  shall  be  deemed  necessary  in 
conjunction  with  the  erection  of  the  buildings  herein 
mentioned  to  purchase  a  building  site  or  sites,  the  call 
for  the  election  shall  state  the  proportion  of  the  total 
amount  of  the  fund  to  be  derived  from  the  issuance 
and  sale  of  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness 
which  shall  be  expended  in  the  purchase  of  such  build- 
ing site  or  sites. 

Par.  5283.  Any  incorporated  city  or  town,  with  the 
assent  of  the  qualified  voters,  as  provided  in  Sec.  3  (Par. 
5268)  hereof,  may  be  allowed  to  issue  bonds  or  other 
evidences  of  indebtedness  not  exceeding  fifteen  per  cent, 
additional,  for  supplying  such  city  or  town  with  water, 
artificial  lights,  or  sewers,  when  the  works  for  supply- 
ing such  water,  artificial  lights,  or  sewers  are  or  shall 
be  owned  or  controlled  by  the  municipality. 

Par.  5284.  The  expenses  of  all  proceedings  had 
under  this  Chapter  shall  be  borne  by  the  county,  school 
district,  city,  town,  or  other  municipal  corporation  in- 
stituting the  proceedings  necessary  and  required  here- 
under;  provided,  however,  that  in  the  event  the  bonds 
or  other  evidences  of  indebtedness  herein  authorized 
shall  be  sold,  such  expenses  shall  be  deducted  from  the 
proceeds  of  the  sale  of  such  bonds  or  other  evidences  of 
indebtedness. 

Par.  5285.  Nothing  in  this  Chapter  contained  shall 
be  construed  to  prevent  any  county,  school  district,  city, 
town,  or  other  municipal  corporation  from  creating  an 
indebtedness  not  exceeding  four  per  centum  of  the  value 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   ARIZONA.  105 

of  the  taxable  property  in  such  county,  school  district, 
city,  town,  or  other  municipal  corporation ;  provided,  that 
if  such  county,  school  district,  city,  town,  or  other  munici- 
pal corporation  shall  desire  to  fund  such  indebtedness 
by  the  issuance  of  bonds  therefor,  said  bonds  shall  be 
issued  in  all  respects  in  conformity  with  the  provisions 
of  this  Chapter;  and,  provided,  further,  that  it  will  not 
be  necessary  to  hold  the  election  required  to  be  held 
herein;  provided,  that  bonds  may  be  issued  under  the 
provisions  of  this  Chapter,  for  the  construction  and  re- 
construction of  roads,  bridges  and  highways;  for  the 
construction  of  public  buildings,  and  for  any  other  lawful 
or  necessary  purpose.  The  enumeration  of  the  above 
mentioned  purposes  shall  not  be  deemed  as  restrictive  of 
the  right  to  issue  bonds  for  other  purposes,  but  rather 
in  furtherance  thereof.  In  case  any  county  in  the  State 
of  Arizona  shall  have  called  or  held  an  election  for 
the  issuance  of  bonds,  as  herein  provided,  prior  to  the 
becoming  effective  of  the  provisions  of  this  section, 
said  election  shall  be  and  is  hereby  deemed  to  have  been 
called  and  held  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  Chap- 
ter, and  the  bonds  that  may  be  hereafter  issued  to  such 
election,  shall  be,  in  all  respects,  as  valid  and  legal  as 
though  the  provisions  of  this  section  had  been  in  force 
at  the  time  of  said  election. 


106  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA. 

THIRD  STATE  LEGISLATURE. 
SENATE  BILL  NO.  10. 

AN  ACT 

TO  PROVIDE  THE  PROCEDURE  FOR  THE  ISSUANCE 
AND  SALE  OF  BONDS  BY  BOARDS  OF  TRUS- 
TEES OF  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  FOR  THE  PUR- 
POSE OF  RAISING  MONEY  TO  PURCHASE  OR 
LEASE  SCHOOL  LOTS;  TO  BUILD  SCHOOL 
HOUSES  AND  SUPPLY  SAID  SCHOOL  HOUSES 
WITH  FURNITURE  AND  APPARATUS  AND  IM- 
PROVE THE  GROUND  OF  SAID  SCHOOL 
HOUSES;  AND  TO  LIQUIDATE  OR  VALIDATE 
ANY  INDEBTEDNESS  ALREADY  INCURRED 
FOR  SUCH  PURPOSES. 

BE  IT  ENACTED  BY  THE  LEGISLATURE  OF  THE 
STATE  OF  ARIZONA: 

Section  1.  The  procedure  for  the  issuance  and  sale 
of  bonds  by  Boards  of  Trustees  of  school  districts  for 
the  purpose  of  raising  money  to  purchase  or  lease 
school  lots,  or  to  build  school  houses  and  supply  them 
with  furniture  and  apparatus  or  to  improve  the  grounds 
of  said  school  houses,  or  to  liquidate  or  validate  any 
indebtedness  already  incurred  for  such  purposes,  shall 
be  solely  in  conformity  with  paragraphs  2736  to  2749, 
both  inclusive,  of  the  Civil  Code,  Revised  Statutes  of 
1913;  provided,  that  the  procedure  for  the  issuance  of 
such  bonds  shall  be  solely  in  conformity  with  Chapter 
II,  Title  52,  Civil  Code,  Revised  Statutes,  1913,  when- 
ever the  amount  thereof  shall,  together  with  other  in- 
debtedness of  the  school  district,  exceed  four  per  centum 
of  the  valuation  of  the  taxable  property  of  such  school 
district,  to  be  ascertained  by  the  last  assessment  for 
state  and  county  purposes  previous  to  incurring  such  in- 
debtedness. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  107 

Section  2.  All  bonds  or  other  evidences  of  indebt- 
edness heretofore  authorized  to  be  issued  and  sold  by 
boards  of  trustees  of  school  districts,  or  by  boards  of 
supervisors,  or  by  both  acting  conjointly  for  the  pur- 
pose of  raising  money  to  purchase  or  lease  school  lots, 
or  to  build  school  houses  and  supply  them  with  furni- 
ture and  appratus,  or  to  improve  the  grounds  of  said 
school  houses,  or  to  liquidate  or  validate  any  indebted- 
ness already  incurred  for  such  purposes,  are  hereby  de- 
clared legal  and  valid  for  the  purpose  for  which  such 
bonds  were  authorized  to  be  issued  and  sold;  and  the 
approval  and  authorization  heretofore  given  by  the  board 
of  trustees  of  any  school  district  or  the  board  of  super- 
visors of  the  county  in  which  such  school  district  is 
situated,  shall  in  any  action  or  proceeding  instituted 
under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  be  taken  to  be  con- 
clusive evidence  of  the  legality  of  such  bonds,  or  other 
evidence  of  indebtedness,  and  of  all  acts  and  things 
done  in  the  premises  in  relation  thereto  in  the  matter 
of  the  authorization  and  the  issuance  or  sale  of  said 
bonds  or  other  evidence  of  indebtedness. 

Section  3.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict 
with  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

TITLE  XIV. 

EMPLOYMENT  AND  EMPLOYERS. 
CHAPTER  II. 

(Chap.  41,  Laws  1913,  Third  Special  Session.) 

Entitled  an  Act  Regulating  the  Employment  of  Women 

and  Minors. 

Par.  3110.  No  child  under  fourteen  (14)  years  of 
age  shall  be  employed,  permitted,  or  suffered,  to  work  in, 
about  or  in  connection  with  any  mill,  factory,  workshop, 
or  mercantile  establishment,  tenement-house,  manufac- 


108  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   ARIZONA. 

tory  or  workshop,  store,  business  office,  telegraph  or 
telephone  office,  restaurant,  bakery,  barber  shop,  apart- 
ment house,  bootblack  stand  or  parlor,  or  in  the  distrib- 
ution or  transportation  of  merchandise  or  messages;  pro- 
vided, that  boys  over  ten  and  under  fourteen  years  of 
age  may  be  licensed,  by  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
school  district  where  such  child  resides,  to  sell  papers 
or  engage  in  other  work  outside  of  school  hours  when  in 
the  judgment  of  said  board  said  work  will  not  be  harm- 
ful to  the  boy  either  physically  of  morally. 

Par.  3111.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person, 
firm  or  corporation  to  employ  any  child  under  fourteen 
(14)  years  of  age  in  any  business  or  service  whatever 
during  the  hours  in  which  the  public  schools  of  the  dis- 
trict in  which  the  child  resides  are  in  session. 

Par.  3112.  No  child  under  the  age  of  sixteen  (16) 
years  shall  be  employed,  permitted,  or  suffered,  to  work 
at  any  of  the  following  occupations  or  in  any  of  the  fol- 
lowing positions :  Sewing  machine  belts  in  any  workshop 
or  factory,  or  assisting  in  any  capacity  whatever;  ad- 
justing any  belt  to  any  machinery;  oiling,  wiping,  or 
cleaning  machinery,  or  assisting  therein;  operating  or 
assisting  in  operating  circular  or  band  saws,  wood 
shapers,  wood  jointers,  planers,  sandpaper  or  wood 
polishing  machinery,  picker  machines,  machines  used  in 
picking  wool,  machines  used  in  picking  cotton,  machines 
used  in  picking  hair,  machines  used  in  picking  any  up- 
holstering material,  paper  lacing  machines,  leather  bur- 
nishing machines,  burnishing  machines  in  any  tannery 
or  leather  manufactory;  job  or  cylinder  printing  presses 
operated  by  power  other  than  foot  power,  emery  or  pol- 
ishing wheels  used  for  polishing  metal,  wood  turning 
or  boring  machinery,  stamping  machines  used  in  sheet- 
metal  and  tinware  manufacturing,  stamping  machines  in 
washer  and  nut  factories,  corrugating  rolls  such  as  are 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  109 

used  in  roofing  and  wash  board  factories;  steam  boilers, 
steam  machinery  or  other  steam-generating  appratus, 
dough  brakes  or  cracker  machinery  of  any  description, 
wire  or  iron  straightening  machinery,  rolling  mill  ma- 
chinery, punches,  or  shears;  washing,  grinding  or  mix- 
ing mills;  calendar  rolls  in  rubber  manufactuaing, 
laundering  machinery. 

Par.  3113.  No  child  under  the  age  of  sixteen  (16) 
years  shall  be  employed,  permitted,  or  suffered  to  work 
in  any  capacity  in,  about,  or  in  connection  with,  the  pre- 
paring of  any  composition  in  which  dangerous  of  poison- 
ous acids  are  used,  manufacture  of  paints,  colors,  or 
white  lead;  dipping,  drying,  or  packing  matches;  manu- 
facture of  goods  for  immoral  purposes;  nor  in,  about,  or 
in  connection  with  any  mine,  coal  breaker,  quarry, 
smelter,  ore  reduction  works,  laundry,  tobacco  ware- 
house, cigar  factory,  or  other  factory  where  tobacco  is 
manufactured  or  prepared,  distrillery,  brewery,  or  any 
other  establishment  where  malt  or  alcoholic  liquors  are 
manufactured,  packed,  wrapped,  or  bottled ;  hotel,  thea- 
ter, concert  hall,  drug  store,  saloon,  or  place  of  amuse- 
ment, nor  in  operating  any  automobile,  motor  car  or 
truck;  nor  in  bowling  alley,  nor  in  any  other  employ- 
ment declared  by  the  State  Board  of  Health  to  be  dan- 
gerous to  lives  or  limbs,  or  injurious  to  the  health  or 
morals  of  children  under  the  age  of  sixteen  (16). 

Par.  3114.  The  State  Board  of  Health  may  from 
time  to  time  determine  whether  or  not  any  particular 
trade,  process  of  manufacture,  or  occupation,  or  any 
particular  method  of  carrying  on  such  trade,  process  of 
manufacture,  or  occupation,  is  sufficiently  dangerous  to 
the  lives  or  limbs,  or  injurious  to  the  health  or  morals, 
of  minors  under  sixteen  (16)  years  of  age  employed 
therein  to  justify  their  exclusion  therefrom,  and  may  pro- 
hibit their  employment  therein. 


110  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

Par.  3115.  Females  shall  not  be  employed,  permit- 
ted or  suffered  to  work  in  any  capacity  where  such  em- 
ployment compels  them  to  remain  standing  constantly. 
Every  person  who  shall  employ  any  female  in  any  place 
or  establishment  mentioned  in  the  first  section  of  this 
chapter,  shall  provide  suitable  seats,  chairs,  or  benches 
for  the  use  of  the  females  so  employed,  which  shall  be 
so  placed  as  to  be  accessible  to  said  employees;  and  shall 
permit  the  use  of  such  seats,  chairs,  or  benches  by  them 
when  they  are  not  necessarily  engaged  in  the  active 
duties  for  which  they  are  employed,  and  there  shall  be 
provided  at  least  two  chairs  to  every  three  (3)  females. 

Par.  3116.  No  child  under  sixteen  (16)  years  of 
age  shall  be  employed,  permitted,  or  suffered,  to  work 
in,  about,  or  inconnection  with,  any  place  or  establish- 
ment named  in  the  first  section  of  this  chapter,  unless 
the  person,  firm,  or  corporation  employing  such  child 
procures  and  keeps  on  file,  and  accessible  to  any  school 
attendance  officer  or  inspector  of  factories,  mercantile 
establishments,  or  mines,  or  other  authorized  inspector, 
an  employment  certificate  as  hereinafter  prescribed;  and 
keep  two  complete  lists  of  all  such  children  employed 
therein,  one  on  file  and  one  conspicuously  posted  near 
the  principal  entrance  of  the  place  or  establishment  in 
which  such  children  are  employed. 

Par.  3117.  Inspectors  of  factories,  mercantile  es- 
tablishments, or  mines,  and  other  authorized  inspec- 
tors and  school  attendance  officers,  may  re.quire  that 
the  employment  certificates  and  lists  provided  for  in 
this  Chapter  shall  be  produced  for  their  inspection. 

Par.  3118.  On  termination  of  employment  of  a 
child  whose  employment  certificate  is  on  file,  such  cer- 
tificate shall  be  forthwith  surrendered  by  the  employer 
to  the  person  who  issued  the  same. 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  Ill 

Par.  3119.  An  employment  certificate  shall  be  is- 
sued only  by  the  county,  city,  or  town,  superintendent 
of  school  of  the  county,  city,  or  town,  wherein  the  ap- 
plicant for  such  certificate  resides,  or  by  a  person  author- 
ized by  him  in  writing,  or  where  there  is  no  superin- 
tendent of  schools,  by  a  person  authorized  by  the  school 
board. 

Provided,  that  no  member  of  a  school  board  or  other 
person  authorized  as  aforesaid  shall  have  authority  to 
issue  such  certificate  for  any  child  then  in,  or  about  to 
enter,  such  person's  own  employment  or  the  employment 
of  a  firm  or  corporation  of  which  he  is  a  member,  officer, 
or  employee. 

Par.  3120.  The  person  authorized  to  issue  any  em- 
ployment certificate  shall  not  issue  such  certificate  until 
he  has  received,  examined,,  approved,  and  filed  the  fol- 
lowing papers,  duly  executed. 

(1.)  The  school  record  of  such  child  properly 
filled  out  and  signed,  as  provided  in  this  Chapter. 

(2.)  A  passport  or  duly  attested  transcript  of  the 
certificate  of  birth  or  baptism  or  other  religious  record, 
showing  the  date  and  place  of  birth  of  such  child,  or 

(3.)  The  affidavit  of,  the  parent  or  guardian  or 
custodian  of  a  child  (which  shall  be  required  and  valid, 
however,  only  in  case  no  one  of  the  above-mentioned 
proofs  is  obtainable),  showing  the  place  and  date  of 
birth  of  such  child.  Said  affidavit  must  be  taken  before 
the  officer  issuing  the  employment  certificate,  who  is 
hereby  authorized  and  required  to"  administer  such  oath 
without  demanding  or  receiving  any  fee  therefor. 

Par.  3121.  A  duly  attested  transcript  of  the  birth 
certificate  filed  according  to  law  with  a  registrar  of  vital 
statistics  or  other  officer  charged  with  the  duty  of  re- 


112  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA. 

cording  births,  shall  be  PRIMA  FACIE  evidence  of  the 
age  of  such  child  for  the  purposes  of  this  Chapter. 

Par.  3122.  No  employment  certificate  shall  be  is- 
sued until  the  child  in  question  has  personally  appeared 
before  and  has  been  examined  by  the  officer  issuing  the 
certificate;  nor  until  such  officer,  after  making  such  ex- 
amination, has  signed  and  filed  in  his  office  a  statement 
that  the  child  can  read  and  legibly  write  simple  sen- 
tences in  the  English  language,  and  that  in  his  opinion 
the  child  is  fourteen  (14)  years  of  age  or  upwards  and 
has  reached  normal  development  of  a  child  of  its  age,  and 
is  in  sufficiently  sound  health  and  physically  able  to  per- 
form the  work  which  it  intends  to  do,  which  shall  be 
stated. 

In  all  cases  such  normal  development,  sound  health, 
and  physical  fitness  shall  be  determined  by  a  medical  offi- 
cer of  the  Board  or  Department  of  Health  or  by  a  phy- 
sician appointed  by  the  school  committee. 

Par.  3123.  Every  such  employment  certificate  shall 
state  the  name,  sex,  the  date  and  place  of  birth,  of  the 
child,  and  describe  the  color  of  the  hair  and  eyes,  the 
height  and  weight  and  any  distinguishing  facial  marks 
of  such  child,  and  that  the  papers  required  by  the  pre- 
ceding section  have  been  duly  examined,  approved,  and 
filed,  and  that  the  child  named  in  such  certificate  has 
appeared  before  the  officer  signing  the  certificate  and 
has  been  examined. 

Every  such  certificate  shall  be  signed,  in  the  pres- 
ence of  the  officer  issuing  the  same,  by  the  child  in 
whose  name  it  is  issued.  It  shall  show  the  date  of  its 
issue. 

Par.  3124.  The  school  record  required  by  this 
Chapter  shall  be  signed  by  the  principal  or  chief  execu- 
tive officer  of  the  school  which  such  child  has  attended, 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  113 

and  shall  be  furnished  on  demand  to  a  child  entitled 
thereto. 

It  shall  contain  a  statement  certifying  that  the  child 
has  regularly  attended  public  school  or  schools  equiva- 
lent thereto,  or  a  parochial  or  private  school  or  schools, 
for  not  less  than  one  hundred  and  sixty  (160)  days  dur- 
ing the  year  previous  to  his  arriving  at  the  age  of  four- 
teen (14)  years,  or  during  the  year  previous  to  apply- 
ing for  such  school  record,  and  is  able  to  read  and  legibly 
write  simply  (simple)  sentences  in  the  English  language, 
and  has  received  instruction  equivalent  to  five  yearly 
grades  in  reading,  spelling,  writing,  English,  grammar, 
geography,  and  is  familiar  with  the  fundamental  opera- 
tions of  arithmetic  up  to  and  including  fractions. 

Such  school  record  shall  also  give  the  date  of  birth, 
the  age,  and  the  residence  of  the  child  as  shown  on  the 
records  of  the  school,  and  the  name  of  its  parent  or 
guardian  or  custodian. 

Par.  3125.  The  superintendent  of  schools  or  other 
person  authorized  to  issue  employment  certificates  shall 
transmit  between  the  .first  and  tenth  days  of  each  month, 
to  the  office  of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  In-. 
struction,  upon  blanks  to  be  furnished  by  him,  a  list 
of  the  names  of  the  children  to  whom  certificates  have 
been  issued,  and  also  a  list  of  the  names  of  the  children 
to  whom  certificates  have  been  refused, 'together  with 
the  ground  for  refusal.  Such  lists  shall  give  the  name 
of  the  prospective  employer  and  the  nature  of  the  occu- 
pation the  child  intends  to  engage  in. 

Par.  3126.  The  State  Superintendent  or  other 
authorized  inspector  or  school  attendance  officer  shall 
make  demand  on  any  employer  in  or  about  whose  place 
or  establishment  a  child  apparently  under  the  age  of 
sixteen  (16)  years  is  employed,  or  permitted  or  suffered 


114  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA. 

to  work,  and  whose  employment  certificate  is  not  filed 
as  required  by  this  Chapter,  that  such  employer  shall 
either  furnish  him,  within  ten  (10)  days,  satisfactory  evi- 
dence that  such  child  is  in  fact  over  sixteen  (16)  years 
of  age,  or  shall  cease  to  employ,  or  permit  or  suffer 
such  child  to  work  in  such  factory. 

The  inspector  of  factories  or  other  authorized  in- 
spector, or  the  school  attendance  officer,  shall  require 
from  such  employer  the  same  evidence  of  age  of  such 
child  as  is  required  on  the  issuance  of  an  employment 
certificate,  and  the  employer  furnishing  such  evidence 
shall  not  be  required  to  furnish  any  further  evidence  of 
the  age  of  the  child. 

Par.  3127.  No  child  under  the  age  of  eighteen  (18) 
years  shall  be  employed,  permitted  or  suffered  to  work 
in,  about,  or  in  connection  with,  blast  furnaces,  smelters, 
or  ore  reduction  works,  in  the  outside  erection  and  re- 
pair of  electric  wires,  in  the  running  or  management  of 
elevators,  lifts,  or  hoisting  machines;  in  oiling  hazardous 
and  dangerous  machinery  in  motion,  at  switch  tending, 
gate  tending,  track  repairing,  as  brakeman,  fireman, 
engineer,  motorman,  conductor  upon  any  railroads,  in  or 
about  establishments  where  nitroglycerine,  dynamite, 
dualin,  guncotton,  gunpowder  or  other  high  or  danger- 
ous explosives  are  manufactured,  compounded  or  stored ; 
nor  in  any  othe%r  employment  declared  by  the  State  Board 
of  Health  to  be  dangerous  to  the  lives  or  limbs  or  in- 
jurious to  the  health  or  morals  of  children  under  the  age 
of  eighteen  (18). 

Par.  3128.  The  State  Board  of  Health  may  from 
time  to  time  determine  whether  or  not  any  particular 
trade,  process  of  manufacture,  or  occupation,  or  any  par- 
ticular method  of  carrying  on  such  trade,  process  of  man- 
ufacture, or  occupation,  is  sufficiently  injurious  to  the 
lives  or  limbs  or  injurious  to  the  health  or  morals  of 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  115 

minors  under  eighteen  (18)  years  of  age  employed 
therein  to  justify  their  exclusion  therefrom,  and  may  pro- 
hibit their  employment  therein. 

Par.  3129.  No  female  shall  be  employed,  permitted 
or  suffered  to  work  in  or  about  any  mine,  quarry  or  coal 
breaker. 

Par.  3130.  In  incorporated  cities  and  towns  no  per- 
son under  the  age  of  twenty-one  (21)  years  shall  be  em- 
ployed, or  permitted  to  work,  as  a  messenger,  for  a  tele- 
graph or  messenger  company  in  the  distribution,  trans- 
mission, or  delivery  of  goods  or  messages  before  5  o'clock 
in  the  morning  or  after  10  o'clock  in  the  evening  of  any 
day. 

Par.  3131.  No  boy  under  the  age  of  sixteen  (16) 
years  and  no  girl  under  the  age  of  eighteen  (18)  years 
shall  be  employed,  permitted,  or  suffered,  to  work  at 
any  gainful  occupation  other  than  domestic  service  or 
work  on  a  farm  more  than  forty-eight  (48)  hours  in  any 
one  (1)  week,  nor  more  than  eight  (8)  hours  in  any 
one  (1)  day;  or  before  the  hour  of  7  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing or  after  the  hour  of  7  o'clock  in  the  evening.  The 
presence  of  a  child  in  any  establishment  during  working 
hours  shall  be  PRIMA  FACIE  evidence  of  its  employ- 
ment therein. 

Par.  3132.  Every  employer  shall  post  in  a  conspicu- 
ous place  in  every  room  where  any  boy  under  the  age 
of  sixteen  (16)  years  or  any  girl  under  the  age  of  eight- 
een (18)  years  is  employed,  permitted,  or  suffered  to 
work,  a  printed  notice  stating  the  hours  required  of 
them  seach  day  of  the  week,  the  hours  of  commencing 
and  stopping  work,  and  the  hours  when  the  time  or  times 
allowed  for  dinner  or  for  other  meals  begin  and  end. 
The  printed  form  of  such  notice  shall  be  furnished  by 
the  inspector  of  factories  or  other  authorized  inspector, 


116  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA. 

and  the  employment  of  any  minor  for  a  longer  time  in 
any  day  so  stated  or  at  any  time  other  than  as  stated  in 
said  printed  notice  shall  be  deemed  a  violation  of  the 
provisions  of  this  Chapter. 

Par.  3133.  No  male  child  under  ten  (10)  and  no 
female  child  under  sixteen  (16)  years  of  age  shall  in 
any  city  of  the  first  or  second  class,  sell  or  expose  or  of- 
fer for  sale  newspapers,  magazines,  periodicals,  or  other 
merchandise  in  any  street  or  public  place.  No  child 
shall  work  as  a  bootblack  in  any  street  or  public  place 
unless  he  is  over  ten  (10)  years  of  age. 

Par.  3134.  Inspectors  of  factories  and  other  au- 
thorized inspectors  and  school  attendance  officers  may 
visit  any  place  of  employment  mentioned  in  this  Chap- 
ter, and  ascertain  whether  any  minors  are  employed 
therein  contrary  to  the  provisions  hereof;  and  they  shall 
report  to  the  school  authorities  any  cases  of  children 
under  sixteen  years  of  age  discharged  for  illegal  em- 
ployment; and  school  attendance  officers  shall  also  re- 
port the  same  to  the  inspector  of  factories  or  other  au- 
thorized inspector. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  factory  and  other  duly  au- 
thorized inspectors  and  school  attendance  officers  to 
make  complaints  for  offenses  under  this  Chapter  and 
prosecute  the  same. 

This  shall  not  be  construed  as  a  limitation  upon  the 
right  of  other  person  to  make  and  prosecute  such  com- 
plaints. 

Par.  3135.  Whoever  employs  any  child,  and  who- 
ever having  under  his  control  as  parent,  guardian,  or 
otherwise,  any  child,  permits  or  suffers  such  child  to  be 
employed  or  to  work  in  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  Act,  shall  for  such  offense  be  fined  not  less  than 
Five  Dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more  than  Two  Hundred  Dollars 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  117 

($200.00),  or  be  imprisoned  for  not  less  than  Ten  (10) 
Days  nor  more  than  Thirty  (30)  Days,  or  both,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  court. 

Par.  3136.  Whoever  continues  to  employ  any  child 
in  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter,  after 
being  notified  thereof  by  a  school  attendance  officer,  or 
an  inspector  of  factories,  or  other  authorized  inspector, 
shall  for  every  day  thereafter  that  such  employment  con- 
tinues be  fined  not  less  than  Five  Dollars  ($5.00)  nor 
more  than  Twenty  Dollars  ($20.00). 

Par.  3137.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  retain- 
ing an  employment  certificate  in  violation  of  Sec.  21  (Par. 
3118)  of  this  Title,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  Five  Dol- 
lars ($5.00)  nor  more  than  Fifty  Dollars  ($50.00). 

Par.  3138.     Any  person  authorized  to  sign  any  cer- 
tificate, affidavit,  or  paper  called  for  by  this  Chapter, 
who  knowingly  certifies  to   any  materially  false  state- 
ment therein,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  Five  Dollars 
($5.00)  nor  more  than  One  Hundred  Dollars  ($100.00). 

Par.  3139.  A  failure  by  an  employer  to  produce  to 
a  school  attendance  or  factory  officer  or  authorized  in- 
spector any  employment  certificate  or  list  required  by 
this  Chapter  shall  be  PRIMA  FACIA  evidence  of  the 
illegal  employment  of  any  child  whose  employment  cer- 
tificate is  not  produced  or  whose  name  is  not  so  listed. 

Par.  3140.  In  case  any  employer  shall  fail  to  pro- 
duce and  deliver  to  a  factory  inspector  or  other  author- 
ized inspector  or  school  attendance  officer,  within  ten 
(10)  days  after  demand  made  pursuant  to  Sec.  29  (Par. 
3126)  of  this  Title,  the  evidence  of  age  therein  required 
and  shall  thereafter  continue  to  employ  such  child  or 
permit  or  suffer  such  child  to  work  in  such  place  or  es- 
tablishment, proof  of  the  giving  of  such  notice  and  of 


118  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA. 

such  failure  to  produce  and  file  such  evidence  shall  be 
PRIMA  FACIA  evidence  of  the  illegal  employment  of 
such  child  in  any  prosecution  brought  therefor. 

Par.  3141.  Any  child  working  in  or  in  connection 
with  any  of  the  establishments  or  places  or  in  any  of  the- 
occupations  mentioned  in  either  Sees.  13,  15,  16,  33  and 
34  (Pars.  3110,  3112,  3113,  3127,  3129  and  3131),  who- 
refuses  to  give  to  the  factory  inspector  or  other  author- 
ized inspector  or  the  school  attendance  officer  his  or  her 
name,  age,  and  place  of  residence,  shall  be  forthwith  con- 
ducted by  the  inspector  or  school  attendance  officer  be- 
fore the  judge  of  the  juvenile  court,  or  other  proper  mu- 
nicipal or  police  authority,  for  examination  and  to  be 
dealt  with  according  to  law. 

Par.  3142.  Any  employer  who  fails  to  post  the 
printed  notice  required  by  Sec.  35  (Par  3132)  of  this 
Title,  in  the  manner  herein  specified  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than  Ten  Dollars  ($10.00)  nor  more  than  Fifty  Dol- 
lars ($50.00). 

Par.  3143.  Any  superintendent  of  schools  or  other 
person  issuing  employment  certificates  who  fails  to  com- 
ply with  the  provisions  of  this  Chapter,  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than  Five  Dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more  than  Twenty- 
five  Dollars  ($25.00). 

Par.  3144.  Every  employer  who  fails  to  provide 
suitable  seats,  chairs  or  benches,  as  provided  in  Sec.  18 
(Par.  3115)  of  this  Title,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  Ten 
Dollars  ($10.00)  nor  more  than  Fifty  Dollars  ($50.00). 

Par.  3145.  Every  employer  who  fails  to  procure 
and  keep  on  file  employment  certificates  or  who  fails  to 
keep  and  post  list,  as  provided  in  Sec.  19  (Par.  3116)  of 
this  Title,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  Ten  Dollars 
($10.00)  nor  more  than  Fifty  Dollars  ($50.00). 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  119 

THIRD  STATE  LEGISLATURE. 
SENATE  BILL  NO.  54. 
AN  ACT. 

TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  ORGANIZATION,  CONTROL 
AND  EQUIPMENT  OF  THE  STATE  NORMAL  AND 
HIGH  SCHOOL  CADET  COMPANIES,  AND  FOR 
THE  PROMOTION  OF  RIFLE  PRACTICE  THERE- 
IN, AND  MAKING  AN  APPROPRIATION  THERE- 
FOR. 

BE  IT  ENACTED  BY  THE  LEGISLATURE  OF  THE 
STATE  OF  ARIZONA. 

Section  1.  The  male  students  of  any  state  normal 
or  high  school  in  this  state  having  thirty  or  more  such 
students,  fourteen  years  of  age  or  over,  shall  be  organ- 
ized into  a  cadet  company  or  companies,  of  not  less  than 
thirty  members  each,  under  such  rules  and  regulations 
as  the  normal  and  high  school  cadet  commission  may  pre- 
scribe. Provided,  that  boys  of  fourteen  years  of  age  or 
over  residing  within  the  district  of  any  high  school  com- 
ing under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  may  be  permitted  to 
receive  the  benefits  thereof  under  regulations  to  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  state  normal  and  high  school  cadet  com- 
mission. Said  cadet  company  or  companies  shall  at  all 
times  be  under  the  guidance  and  control  of  the  principal 
of  the  said  school,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  make  regula- 
tions regarding  the  moral,  educational  and  physical  wel- 
fare of  said  cadets. 

Section  2.  Said  companies  shall  each  have  one  cap- 
tain, one  first  lieutenant,  one  second  lieutenant,  and  such 
non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  as  correspond  to 
the  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  of  the  infan- 
try companies  of  the  National  Guard  of  Arizona,  all  to 
be  appointed  by  the  principal  of  the  school. 


120  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA. 

Section  3.  In  case  any  school  coming  under  the 
provision  of  this  act  has  more  than  one  company  it  shall 
have  one  cadet  major,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
principal;  one  cadet  adjutant,  and  one  sergeant-major, 
who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  major. 

Section  4.  The  adjutant  general  of  the  state  may 
issue  commissions  to  such  officers  as  may  be  recommend- 
ed by  the  principals  of  the  said  schools,  and  warrants 
to  the  non-commissioned  officers  shall  be  issued  by  the 
principals. 

Section  5.  Said  cadets  shall  be  drilled  in  accord- 
ance with  the  drill  regulations  prescribed  by  the  United 
States  army. 

Section  6.  Said  cadets  may  wear  a  uniform  or  such 
distinguishing  garb  or  insignia  as  may  be  prescribed  by 
the  normal  and  high  school  cadet  commission. 

Section  7.  Any  commissioned  officer  or  non-com- 
missioned officer  may  have  his  commission  or  warrant 
cancelled,  and  be  reduced  to  the  ranks  on  recommenda- 
tion of,  or  by  the  principal  of  the  school,  for  failing  in 
his  studies,  or  for  misbehavior,  either  in  school  or  in  the 
cadet  company,  or  for  other  good  cause. 

Section  8.  A  sufficient  number  of  rifles  suitable  for 
drill  purposes  shall  be  purchased  by  the  normal  and  high 
school  cadet  commission. 

Section  9.  Target  practice  shall  constitute  a  part 
of  the  instruction  to  be  given  said  cadets,  and  the  normal 
and  high  school  cadet  commission  shall  purchase  and 
supply  to  each  of  said  schools  a  sufficient  number  of 
Krag-Jorgensen,  or  other  efficient  rifles,  for  field  target 
work  and  for  gallery  practice,  and  such  ammunition  and 
equipment  as  in  the  judgment  of  the  commission  shall  be 
necessary.  All  target  practice  shall  be  under  the  super- 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  121 

vision  of  competent  members  of  the  National  Guard  of 
Arizona,  detailed  for  that  purpose  by  the  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral of  the  state. 

Section  10.  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  state 
shall  detail  from  the  organization  of  the  National  Guard 
some  competent  member  thereof  who  shall  act  as  drill 
and  rifle  practice  instructor  for  said  cadet  companies,  in 
addition  to  the  daily  drill  hereinafter  provided.  The  Ad- 
jutant General  shall  provide  for  compensating  person  or 
persons  detailed  by  him  to  instruct  said  cadets  in  drill 
and  target  practice. 

Section  11.  Whenever  practicable  said  cadets  shall 
be  permitted  to  have  practice  upon  the  national  rifle 
ranges,  under  the  supervision  of  national  guard  instruc- 
tors. 

Section  12.  The  adjutant  general  of  the  National 
Guard  shall  inspect  said  cadet  companies  at  least  once 
each  year,  and  report  thereon  to  the  normal  and  high 
school  cadet  commission. 

Section  13.  The  adjutant  general  shall  provide 
suitable  drill  regulations,  books  of  instruction,  and  the 
necessary  blank  forms  for  reports  for  each  of  said  schools 
having  a  cadet  company,  relating  to  the  drill,  target 
practice,  attendance,  discipline,  and  condition  of  prop- 
erty of  said  cadet  organization.  On  such  reports  the 
drill  and  rifle  practice  instructor  as  provided  in  Section 
10  shall  make  reports  semi-annually  and  shall  forward 
said  reports,  one  copy  thereof  to  the  state  superintend- 
ent of  public  instruction,  and  one  copy  to  the  adjutant 
general's  office,  and  shall  bear  the  endorsement  of  the 
principal  of  said  school,  together  with  such  remarks  as 
the  principal  may  deem  pertinent. 


122  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA. 

Section  14.  The  principal  of  the  school  shall  be 
responsible  for  all  public  property  supplied  to  said  cadet 
companies. 

Section  15.  All  normal  and  high  school  boards,, 
boards  of  trustees,  and  the  board  of  education,  county 
superintendents  of  schools  and  the  state  superintendent 
of  public  instruction  are  hereby  authorized,  empowered 
and  directed  to  facilitate  the  carrying  out  of  this  act  by 
co-operating  with  the  normal  and  high  school  cadet  com- 
mission. 

Section  16.  To  each  student  taking  the  course  in 
military  training,  as  herein  provided,  the  same  credits 
shall  be  allowed  as  are  now  allowed  to  the  duties  now 
prescribed  by  law  and  the  school  regulations,  to  devote 
not  to  exceed  one-half  hour  each  day  to  the  giving  of 
instructions  in  the  manual  of  arms,  to  such  company  or 
companies  as  may  be  maintained  in  said  school. 

Section  17.  In  all  schools  having  a  company  or 
companies  of  cadets,  one  of  the  faculty  shall  be  quali- 
fied to  impart  military  instruction  and  training  and  it 
shall  be  his  duty,  in  addition  to  the  duties  now  prescribed 
by  law  and  the  school  regulation,  to  devote  not  to  ex- 
ceed one-half  hour  each  day  to  the  giving  of  instructions 
in  the  manual  of  arms,  to  such  company  or  companies  as 
may  be  maintained  in  said  school. 

Section  18.  In  addition  to  the  drill  in  the  manual 
of  arms  provided  for  in  the  preceding  chapter,  the  nor- 
mal and  high  school  cadet  commission  shall  determine 
and  fix  a  minimum  period  of  drill  for  each  school  month. 

Section  19.  For  the  purposes  of  carrying  out  and 
making  effective  the  requirements  of  this  act,  there  is 
hereby  created  a  state  normal  and  high  school  cadet 
commission,  to  consist  of  the  state  superintendent  of  pub- 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  123 

lie  instruction,  the  adjutant  general  of  the  state,  and  one 
citizen  member  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Governor, 
and  shall  serve  without  pay.  The  duties  imposed  by 
this  act  upon  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction  and 
the  adjutant  general  shall  be  in  addition  to  those  now 
prescribed  by  law,  and  they  shall  receive  no  additional 
compensation  as  members  of  said  commission.  The  sup- 
erintendent of  public  instruction  shall  be  chairman  and 
the  adjutant  general  shall  be  the  secretary  of  said  com- 
mission. 

Section  20.  For  the  purposes  of  carrying  out  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  and  defraying  the  expenses  thereof, 
there  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  the  general  fund  of 
the  state  the  sum  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  one-half 
to  be  raised  by  tax  levy  for  the  fiscal  years  1917-1918 
and  one-half  by  tax  levy  for  the  fiscal  years  1918-1919 
and  the  state  auditor  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered 
to  draw  his  warrant  in  such  sum  or  sums  as  may  be  ap- 
proved by  the  said  NORMAL  SCHOOL  AND  HIGH 
SCHOOL  CADET  COMMISSION,  signed  by  the  chair- 
man and  countersigned  by  the  secretary,  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  hereof,  and  the  state  treasurer  is 
hereby  directed  to  pay  the  same  out  of  any  money  or 
monies  in  the  state  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 


124  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA. 

THIRD  STATE  LEGISLATURE. 
SENATE  BILL  NO.  133. 
AN  ACT. 

TO  ACCEPT  THE  BENEFITS  OF  AN  ACT  PASSED  BY 
THE  SENATE  AND  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTA- 
TIVES OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 
IN  CONGRESS  ASSEMBLED  TO  PROVIDE  FOR 
THE  PROMOTION  OF  VOCATIONAL  EDUCA- 
TION. 

BE  IT  ENACTED  BY  THE  LEGISLATURE  OF  THE 
STATE  OF  ARIZONA. 

Section  1.  The  State  of  Arizona  hereby  assents  to 
the  provisions  and  accepts  the  benefits  of  an  act  passed 
by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled  entitled:  "An 
Act  to  provide  for  the  promotion  of  vocational  educa- 
tion; to  provide  for  co-operation  with  the  states  in  the 
promotion  of  such  education  in  agriculture  and  the 
trades  and  industries;  to  provide  for  co-operation  with 
the  states  in  the  preparation  of  teachers  of  vocational 
subjects;  and  to  appropriate  money  and  regulate  its  ex- 
penditure/' approved  February  23,  1917,  and  will  ob- 
serve and  comply  with  all  requirements  of  said  act. 

Section  2.  The  State  Board  .of  Education  is  hereby 
designated  as  a  state  board  for  the  purposes  of  the  said 
act  and  is  hereby  given  all  necessary  power  to  co-operate 
with  the  Federal  Board  of  Vocational  Education  in  the 
administration  of  the  provisions  of  the  act. 

Section  3.  The  State  Treasurer  is  hereby  desig- 
nated as  custodian  for  vocational  education  for  the  pur- 
poses of  the  said  act,  and  shall  receive  and  provide  for 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  125 

the  proper  custody  and  disbursement  of  moneys  paid  to 
the  state  from  the  appropriations  of  said  act. 

Section  4.  For  the  purpose  of  meeting  the  require- 
ments of  said  Federal  act,  there  is  hereby  appropriated 
out  of  the  general  fund  of  the  state,  a  sum  of  money  suf- 
ficient to  meet  the  requirements  of  said  act;  provided, 
however,  that  said  sum  of  money  shall  not  be  less  than 
Fifteen  Thousand  ($15,000.00)  Dollars  annually. 

THIRD  STATE  LEGISLATURE. 

HOUSE  BILL  NO.  194. 

AN  ACT. 

TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  REVISION  AND  COMPILA- 
TION OF  THE  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
ARIZONA,  AND  THE  APPOINTMENT  OF  THREE 
COMMISSIONERS  TO  CARRY  OUT  THE  PRO- 
VISIONS OF  THIS  ACT,  AND  MAKING  AN  AP- 
PROPRIATION THEREFOR. 

BE  IT  ENACTED  BY  THE  LEGISLATURE  OF  THE 
STATE  OF  ARIZONA. 

Section  1.  That  the  Governor  of  the  State  of  Ari- 
zona, be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  within 
ten  days  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  to  appoint  three 
commissioners,  who  shall  be  residents  of  the  State  of  Ari- 
zona, and  such  commissioners  when  so  appointed,  shall 
be  vested  with  power,  authority  and  discretion,  and  it 
shall  be  their  duty  to  compile,  revise  and  codify  the  school 
laws  of  the  State  of  Arizona. 

Section  2.  The  said  commissioners  shall  begin 
work  on  said  revision,  compilation  and  codification  at  the 
capitol  of  the  State,  within  ten  days  after  their  appoint- 
ment and  continue  said  work  until  it  is  completed,  which 


126  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA. 

time  shall  and  must  be  before  the  first  day  of  the  next 
regular  session  of  the  legislature  of  the  State  of  Arizona ; 
and  upon  completion  of  said  work,  they  shall  make  their 
report  to  the  Governor,  who  shall  transmit  the  same  to 
the  legislature. 

Section  3.  The  commissioners  shall  receive  no  com- 
pensation for  their  services;  provided,  however,  that  they 
shall  receive  necessary  traveling  expenses  while  specif- 
ically engaged  in  such  work. 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of 
State  to  furnish  all  necessary  stationery  and  supplies, 
which  may  be  required  by  the  said  commission  in  the  per- 
formance of  said  work. 

Section  5.  In  case  of  resignation,  disability  or 
death,  of  any  member  of  said  commission,  the  Governor 
is  hereby  empowered  to  appoint  another  commissioner. 

Section  6.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Act  as  herein  set  out,  there  is  hereby  ap- 
propriated the  sum  of  Six  Hundred  ($600.00)  Dollars; 
and  upon  presentation  to  the  State  Auditor,  of  verified 
claims  certified  by  the  commission  of  the  respective 
amounts  due  the  said  commission,  the  State  Auditor  is 
hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  draw  his  warrant  in 
said  amounts,  and  the  State  Treasurer  is  hereby  author- 
ized and  directed  to  pay  said  warrants. 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   ARIZONA.  127 

CHAPTER  XII. 

ACT  NO.  49. 
(Old  Laws  Territory  of  Arizona.) 


ADOPTING  A  TERRITORIAL  ANTHEM. 
Be  It  Enacted  by  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Arizona : 

Section  1.  That  the  following  song  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  adopted  as  the  official  song  of  the  Territory  of 
Arizona : 

HAIL  TO  ARIZONA,  THE  SUN-KISSED  LAND! 


O  Arizona,  Sun-Kissed  Land! 
Thy  day  of  birth  is  near  at  hand! 
Upon  thy  Mountains'  rugged  crest, 
Thy  native  sons  still  call  thee  blest; 
Within  thy  Valley's  broad  domain, 
In  love,  thy  foster  children  reign; 
Fair  Land  of  gold  and  sunny  peace, 
Of  flower  and  vine  and  rich  increase, 
Of  cloud-kissed  hills  and  wooded  wold, 
Of  countless  mines  and  wealth  untold. 

CHORUS: 

Hail!  all  hail  to  Arizona! 

Sound  her  praise  from  sea  to  sea! 

Land  of  sun  and  summer  showers, 

Land  of  grain  and  gold  and  flowers, 

In  Columbia's  diadem 

Of  jewels  rare  thou'lt  be  the  gem. 

Hail  to  Arizona,  the  Sun-Kissed  Land! 

Primeval  stands  thy  forest  grand, 

The  ancient  Zumi's  fatherland, 

Thy  plain  and  lofty  mountain  round 

Were  many  moons  his  hunting  ground, 

Unbosomed  in  thy  sun's  bright  ray 

His  olden  ruins  slow  decay; 

Where  once  the  tribes  of  Ishmael's  band 

Maraudins:  wandered  o'er  the  land, 

The  mighty  "Phoenix"  rose  to  fame 

From  the  ashes  of  destruction's  flame.  (Chorus) 


128  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA. 

Hoary  with  age,  thou  still  art  young, 

Land  of  renown  with  praise  unsung; 

Nature  with  a  master  hand 

Hath  carved  thy  wondrous  Canyon  Grand; 

Magician-like  her  wand  she  plied, 

And  lo!  thy  Forest  Petrified; 

From  craggy  peak  of  Castle  Dome, 

From  Copper  Queen  to  rich  Jerome, 

She  pours  her  lavish  treasure  forth 

In  molten  streams  of  priceless  worth.  (Chorus.) 

Not  all  thy  riches,  glorious  land, 

Are  due  alone  to  Nature's  hand, 

For  man  with  unremitting  toil 

Brings  forth  a  bounty  from  the  soil; 

From  vine-clad  hills  and  limpid  streams, 

From  fruitful  vales,  where  plenty  teems, 

O'er  verdant  fields  he  points  with  pride, 

Where  flocks  and  herds  are  scattered  wide, 

To  schools  where  art  and  skill  combine, 

To  homes  in  love  and  truth  enshrined.  (Chorus.) 

Proud  Land,  thy  rock-ribbed  hills  record 

The  history  of  a  mighty  horde; 

The  onward  trend  of  centuries  old 

Hath  left  its  imprint  strong  and  bold 

On  the  hearts  and  lives  of  thy  brave  sons, 

In  the  winsome  grace  of  thy  fairer  ones; 

Thy  Riders  Rough,  a  valient  band, 

With  loyal  hearts  forever  stand 

To  guard  the  flag  that  floats  above 

Thy  homes  where  reigns  content  and  love.        (Chorus.) 


Sec.  2.  The  Trustees  of  the  various  districts  of  the 
Territory  are  hereby  required  to  furnish  sufficient 
copies  to  their  schools  to  enable  the  school  children  to 
learn  and  use  said  song  as  part  of  the  musical  exercises 
of  their  schools. 

Sec.  3.     This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 
Approved  March  16,  1901. 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  ARIZONA.  129 

TITLE  I. 
EXTRACTS  FROM  POLITICAL  CODE. 

Par.  154.  Every  officer  must  be  of  the  age  of 
twenty-one  years  and  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  and 
of  this  State. 

Par.  155.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  any  of- 
fice, employment  or  service  in  any  public  institution  in 
the  State  of  Arizona,  or  in  any  of  the  several  counties 
thereof,  of  any  kind  or  character,  whether  by  election, 
appointment  or  contract,  unless  before  said  election,  ap- 
pointment or  contract  he  shall  be  or  have  become  a  cit- 
izen of  the  United  States. 

Par.  156.  By  the  word  office  and  public  institu- 
tion, as  used  herein,  is  meant  any  office  br  institution 
the  salary  or  compensation  of  which  to  the  person  filling 
it  is  paid  out  of  a  fund  raised  by  taxation. 

Par.  157.  Any  board  of  supervisors,  auditing  offi- 
cer, treasurer  or  other  person  who  shall  allow,  audit  or 
pay  any  warrant  or  other  certificate  of  indebtedness  for 
services  performed,  contrary  to  two  preceding  sections, 
shall  be  liable  for  twice  the  amount  so  paid  at  the  suit  of 
any  citizen  of  the  county,  if  out  of  the  county  funds,  or 
at  the  suit  of  any  citizen  of  the  state,  if  out  of  the  state 
funds,  to  be  recovered  by  action  in  any  court  of  compe- 
tent jurisdiction,  which  sum,  when  recovered,  shall  be 
paid  into  the  fund  from  which  originally  drawn  and  paid. 

Par.  158.  No  person  who  cannot  speak,  write  and 
read  the  English  language  shall  be  eligible  to  hold  any 
state,  county  or  precinct  office  in  the  State  of  Arizona, 
whether  the  same  be  elective  or  appointive,  and  no  cer- 
tificate of  election  or  commission  shall  issue  to  persons 
so  disqualified. 


130  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

Par.  159.  Every  officer  whose  term  is  not  fixed 
by  law  shall  hold  at  the  pleasure  of  the  appointing 
power. 

Par.  160.  Every  officer  must  continue  to  discharge 
the  duties  of  his  office,  although  his  term  has  expired, 
until  his  successor  has  qualified. 

EXTRACTS  FROM  PENAL  CODE. 

Sec.  213.  Violence  used  to  the  person  does  not 
amount  to  assault  or  battery  in  the  following  cases : 

In  exercise  of  the  right  of  moderate  restraint  or  cor- 
rection given  by  law  to  the  parent  over  the  child,  the 
guardian  over  the  ward,  the  teacher  over  the  scholar. 

Sec.  214.  In  all  cases  mentioned  in  the  preceding 
Section,  where  violence  is  permitted,  to  effect  a  lawful 
purpose  only,  the  degree  of  force  must  be  used  which  is 
necessary  to  effect  such  purpose. 

Sec.  297.  No  minor  under  the  age  of  sixteen  (16) 
years  shall  be  admitted  at  any  time  to,  or  permitted  to 
remain  in  any  saloon  or  place  of  entertainment  where 
any  spirituous  liquor  or  wine,  or  intoxicating  or  malt 
liquors  are  sold,  exchanged  or  given  away,  unless  ac- 
companied by  parent  or  guardian.  Any  proprietor,  bar- 
tender, manager  or  other  person  in  charge  of  such  estab- 
lishment who  shall  admit  such  minor  to  or  permit  him 
to  remain  in  any  such  place,  unless  accompanied  by  pa- 
rent or  guardian  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor, and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished 
by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  ($10)  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  ($200)  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  less 
than  five  (5)  nor  more  than  sixty  (60)  days,  or  by  both 
fine  and  imprisonment. 

Sec.  298.  Every  person  who  shall,  directly  or  in- 
directly, knowingly  sell,  barter,  exchange  or  give  away 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  131 

any  intoxicating  liquor  to  any  minor  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  thereof, 
shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  (5)  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars,  or  by  imprison- 
ment not  less  than  twenty  (20)  nor  more  than  ninety 
(90)  days,  or  by  both  imprisonment  and  fine. 

Sec.  299.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  in 
the  State  of  Arizona  to  sell,  give  or  furnish  or  cause  to 
be  sold,  given  or  furnished  any  cigars,  cigarettes,  ciga- 
rette papers,  smoking  or  chewing  tobacco  of  any  kind 
or  character  to  any  person  under  the  age  of  twenty-one 
(21)  years,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  minor  in  the 
State  of  Arizona  to  buy,  accept  or  receive  from  any  per- 
son, any  cigars,  cigarettes,  cigarette  papers,  smoking  or 
chewing  tobacco  of  any  kind  or  character. 

Sec.  300.  The  violation  of  the  preceding  section 
shall  be  a  misdemeanor,  and  the  person  guilty  thereof 
shall  be  fined  for  each  offense  not  less  than  ten  (10) 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  (100)  dollars. 

Sec.  301.  Any  person  who,  in  the  presence  or  hear- 
ing of  any  woman  or  child,  in  any  public  place  in  the 
State  of  Arizona,  shall  use  vulgar  or  obscene  language, 
or  who  shall  use  vile  or  abusive  epithets  of  or  to  any 
other  person  in  the  presence  of  any  woman  or  child,  is 
punishable  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  (5)  nor  more 
than  fifty  (50)  dollars,  or  imprisonment  in  the  county 
jail  not  more  than  two  (2)  months. 

Sec.  393.  Any  person  who  shall  sell  or  give  to  any 
minor  under  the  age  of  fourteen  (14)  years,  or  to  any 
person  for  the  use  of  such  minor,  any  firearms,  or  toy 
pistols  from  which  dangerous  and  explosive  substances 
may  be  discharged,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor. 


132  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

Sec.  687.  Any  parent,  guardian  or  other  person 
who  shall  insult  or  abuse  any  teacher  in  the  presence  of 
the  school,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  be 
liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  (50)  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  (100)  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  ex- 
ceeding three  (3)  months. 

Sec.  688.  Any  person  who  shall  wilfully  disturb 
any  public  school  or  school  meeting  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
fifty  (50)  nor  more  than  one  hundred  (100)  dollars,  or 
by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  three  (3)  months. 

CHAPTER    55. 
(HOUSE  BILL  NO.  155.) 

AN  ACT 

TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  ABOLITION  OF  COMMON 
TOWEL  AND  COMMON  DRINKING  CUP,  AND 
PROVIDING  PENALTY  FOR  THE  VIOLATION  OF 
THIS  ACT. 

BE  IT  ENACTED  BY  THE  LEGISLATURE  OF  THE 
STATE  OF  ARIZONA: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  with- 
in the  State  of  Arizona  to  provide  or  furnish  a  common 
towel  or  a  common  drinking  cup  which  may  be  used  by 
more  than  one  person  in  any  barber  shop,  public  wash 
house,  public  lavatory,  or  any  other  public  place. 

Section  2.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of 
this  act  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  up- 
on conviction  thereof,  shall  be  liable  of  a  fine  not  to  ex- 
ceed Twenty-five  Dollars  ($25.00)  for  each  offense. 

Approved  March  14,  1917. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  133 

APPENDIX. 

General  Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Government  of 
the  Public  Schools  of  the  State  of  Arizona,  Adopted 
by  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

(Under  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Arizona,  Par.  2697, 
Civil  Code.) 

1.  Teachers  are  required  to  be  present  daily  at 
their  respective  school  rooms  and  to  open  them  for  the 
admission  of  pupils  at  least  twenty  minutes  before  the 
time  prescribed  for  commencing  schools  and  to  observe 
punctually  the  hours  for  opening  and  closing  school. 

2.  The  daily  session  shall  commence  at  9  o'clock 
a.  m.  and  close  at  4  o'clock  p.  m.  with  intermission  at 
noon  of  one  hour  from  12  m.  to  1  o'clock  p.  m.     There 
shall  be  allowed  a  recess  of  twenty  minutes  in  the  fore- 
noon session — from  10:40  to  11  o'clock;  and  recess  of 
twenty  minutes  in  the  afternoon  session — from  2:40  to 
3  o'clock.     When  boys  and  girls  are  allowed  separate 
recesses,  fifteen  minutes  may  be  allowed  for  each  recess. 
Providing  local  condition  justify  it,  such  readjustments 
of  the  time  may  be  made  as  will  best  suit  such  local  con- 
ditions, provided  the  full  time  required  herein  for  school 
work  be  taught. 

3.  In  graded  primary  schools  in  which  the  average 

age  of  the  pupils  is  eight  years,  the  daily  session  shall 
not  exceed  four  hours  a  day,  exclusive  of  the  intermis- 
sion at  noon  and  exclusive  of  recess.  If  such  schools  are 
opened  at  9  o'clock  a.  m.,  they  shall  be  closed  at  2 
o'clock  p.  m.  In  ungraded  schools  all  children  under 
eight  years  of  age  shall  be  either  dismissed  after  four 
hours'  session,  or  allowed  recesses  for  play  of  such 
length  that  the  actual  confinement  in  the  school  room 
shall  not  exceed  three  hours  and  a  half. 


134  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

4.  A  pupil  detained  at  recess  shall  be  permitted  to 
go  out  immediately  thereafter.     All  pupils,  except  those 
detained  for  punishment,  shall  be  required  to  pass  out  of 
the  school  room  at  recess,  unless  it  would  accasion  an  ex- 
posure of  health. 

5.  Teachers   are    particularly   enjoined   to    devote 
their  time  faithfully  to  a  vigilant  and  watchful  care  over 
the  conduct  and  habits  of  the  pupils  during  the  time  for 
relaxation  and  play  before  and  after  school  and  during 
the  recesses,  both  in  the  school  buildings  and  on  the  play 
grounds. 

6.  It  is  expected  that  the  teachers  will  exercise  a 
general  inspection  over  the  conduct  of  the  scholars  going 
to  and  returning  from  school.    They  exert  their  influence 
to  prevent  all  quarreling  and  disagreements,  all  rude  and 
noisy  behavior  in  the  streets,  all  vulgar  and  profane  lan- 
guage, all  improper  games,  and  all  disrespect  to  citizens 
and  strangers. 

7.  Teachers  shall  prescribe  such  rules  for  the  use 
of  yards,  basements  and  outbuildings  connected  with  the 
school  houses  as  shall  insure  their  being  kept  in  a  neat 
and  proper  condition,  and  shall  examine  them  as  often 
as  may  be  necessary  for  such  purpose.     Teachers  shall 
be  held  responsible  for  any  want  of  neatness  and  cleanli- 
ness about  their  school  premises. 

8.  Teachers  shall  give  vigilant  attention  to  the  ven- 
tilation and  temperature  of  their  school  rooms.    At  each 
recess  the  windows  and  doors  shall  be  opened  for  the 
purpose  of  changing  the  atmosphere  of  the  room.  Teach- 
ers are  required  to  exercise  reasonable  supervision  over 
the  text-books  of  the  pupils,  to  inspect  the  same  from  time 
to  time  and  prevent  their  defacement  or  wanton  destruc- 
tion. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  135 

9.  Teachers  shall  enter  in  the  school  register  the 
names  of  all  those  admitted  to  the  school. 

10.  No  pupil  shall  be  allowed  to  retain  connection 
with  any  public  school  unless  furnished  with  books,  tab- 
lets, and  other  utensils  required  to  be  used  in  the  class  to 
which  he  belongs,  provided,  that  no  pupil  shall  be  exclud- 
ed for  such  cause  unless  the  parent  or  guardian  shall  have 
been  furnished  by  the  teacher  with  a  list  of  books  or  ar- 
ticles needed,  and  one  week  shall  have  elapsed  after  such 
notice  without  the  pupil  obtaining  said  books.    Books  may 
be  furnished  to  indigent  children  by  the  Trustees  at  the 
expense  of  the  district,  whenever  the  teacher  shall  have 
certified  in  writing  that  the  pupil  applying  is  unable  to 
purchase  such  books. 

11.  Any  pupil  who  shall  in  any  way  cut  or  other- 
wise injure  any  school  house,  or  injure  any  fences,  trees 
or  outbuildings  belonging  to  any  of  the  school  estates,  or 
shall  write  any  profane  or  obscene  language,  or  make  any 
obscene  pictures  or  characters  on  the  school  premises  shall 
be  liable  to  suspension,  expulsion  or  other  punishment  ac- 
cording to  the  nature  of  the  offense.     The  teacher  may 
suspend  a  pupil  temporarily  for  such  offense,  and  shall 
notify  the  Trustees  of  said  action.    All  damages  done  to 
school  property  by  any  of  the  pupils  shall  be  repaired  at 
the  expense  of  the  party  committing  the  trespass.    Within 
one  week  of  any  damage  to  school  property,  teachers  shall 
notify  the  Trustees  or  be  held  personally  responsible. 

12.  All  pupils  who  go  to  school  without  proper  at- 
tention having  been  given  to  personal  cleanliness  or  neat- 
ness of  dress  may  be  sent  home  to  be  properly  prepared 
for  school  or  shall  make  such  preparation  as  the  teacher 
may  direct  before  entering.    Every  school  room  shall  be 
provided  with  wash  basin,  soap  and  towels. 

13.  No  pupils  affected  with  any  contagious  disease 
shall  be  allowed  to  remain  in  any  of  the  public  schools. 


136  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

14.  The  books  used  and  the  studies  pursued  shall 
be  sueh,  and  such  only,  as  may  be  authorized  by  the  Board 
of  Education ;  and  .no  teacher  shall  require  or  advise  any 
of  the  pupils  to  purchase  for  use  as  text  in  the  schools  any 
book  not  contained  in  the  list  of  books  directed  and  au- 
thorized to  be  used  in  the  schools. 

15.  Upon  the  requisitions  of  a  superintendent,  prin- 
cipal or  teacher  the  District  Clerk,  under  the  provisions 
of  Section  69  of  the  Regular  Session  Laws  of  the  First 
Legislature  of  the  State  of  Arizona,  shall  furnish  such  sup- 
plies as  may  be  necessary  for  the  comfort,  convenience, 
and  cleanliness  of  the  school  room,  including  the  follow- 
ing supplies,  viz:     Clocks,  brooms,  dusting  cloths,  wash 
basins,     water    buckets,     drinking     vessels,     dustpans, 
matches,  ink,  ink  bottles,  pens,  pen  holders,  pencils,  cray- 
on chalk,  handbells,  coal  buckets,  or  wood  boxes,  shovels, 
pokers,    soap,    towels,    thermometers,    door    mats    and 
scrapers. 

16.  Trustees  are  required  to  employ  a  suitable  per- 
son to  sweep  and  take  care  of  the  school  house,  and  they 
shall  make  suitable  provision  for  supplying  the  school 
with  water. 

17.  The  District  Clerk,  at  the  close  of  each  term  of 
school  or  whenever  a  teacher  is  discharged,  shall  certify 
on  the  back  of  the  order  for  the  last  month's  salary  that 
the  school  register  has  been  properly  kept. 

18.  A  teacher  who  is  retired  on  a  pension  paid  out 
of  the  State  School  Fund,  cannot  hold  any  other  position 
in  connection  with  the  school  system  of  the  State. 

RULES  FOR  PUPILS. 

1.  Every  pupil  is  expected  to  attend  school  punctu- 
ally and  regularly,  to  conform  to  the  regulations  of  the 
school  and  to  obey  promptly  all  the  directions  of  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  137 

school  teacher;  to  observe  good  order  and  propriety  of 
deportment;  to  be  diligent  in  study;  respectful  to  teach- 
ers and  kind  and  obliging  to  schoolmates;  to  refrain  en- 
tirely from  the  use  of  profane  or  vulgar  language,  and  to 
be  clean  and  neat  in  person  and  clothing. 

2.  All  pupils  who  have  fallen  behind  their  grade  by 
absence  or  irregularity  of  attendance,  by  indolence  or  in- 
attention, shall  be  placed  in  the  grade  below  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  teacher. 

3.  No  pupil  shall  be  permitted  to  leave  school  at  re- 
cess, or  at  any  other  time  before  the  regular  hour  for  clos- 
ing school,  except  as  he  is  excused  by  the  teacher.    Pupils 
may  be  required  by  the  teacher  in  all  cases  of  absence  or 
tardiness  to  bring  an  excuse  in  writing  from  a  parent  or 
guardian. 

RULES  FOR  DISTRICT  LIBRARIES. 

1.  The  librarian  appointed  by  the  Trustees  shall 
properly  label  and  number  each  book  in  the  district  li- 
brary and  keep  a  catalogue  of  the  same,  showing  the 
title  and  number  of  each  book. 

2.  The  library  shall  be  open  for  drawing  and  re- 
turning books  (here  insert  such  time  as  may  be  determin- 
ed by  the  Trustees  and  Librarian). 

3.  Every  child  attending  school  shall  be  entitled  to 
the  privileges  of  the  library ;  but  when  the  number  of 
books  is  insufficient  to  supply  all  the  pupils,  the  librarian 
shall  determine  the  manner  in  which  books  may  be  drawn. 

4.  No  person  shall  be  entitled  to  two  books  from 
the  library,  and  no  family  shall  draw  more  than  one  book 
while  other  families  wishing  books  remain  unsupplied. 

5.  No  person  shall  loan  a  library  book  to  anyone 
out  of  his  own  house  under  a  penalty  of  fifty  cents  for 
each  offense. 


138  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

6.  No  person  shall  retain  a  book  from  the  library 
more  than  two  weeks  under  a  penalty  of  ten  cents  for  each 
day  he  may  so  retain  it,  and  no  person  may  draw  the  same 
book  a  second  time  while  any  other  person  wishes  to  draw 
it. 

7.  Any  person  losing  or  destroying  a  library  book 
shall  pay  the  cost  of  such  book  and  a  fine  of  fifty  cents, 
and  any  person  injuring  a  book  by  marking,  tearing  or 
unnecessarily  soiling  it,  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  ten  cents  nor  more'than  the  cost  of  the  book,  to  be 
determined  by  the  librarian. 

8.  Any  person  refusing  or  neglecting  to  pay  any 
penalty  or  fine  shall  not  be  allowed  to  draw  any  book 
from  the  library. 

9.  The  librarian  shall  report  to  the  Trustees  quar- 
terly the  amount  of  fines  imposed  and  collected  and  the 
amount  received  for  membership  dues,  and  all  moneys  ac- 
cruing from  these  sources  shall  be  expended  for  the  pur- 
chase or  repair  of  books. 

10.  Any  person  other  than  pupils  attending  resident 
in  the  school  district,  may  become  entitled  to  the  privi- 
leges of  the  school  library  by  the  payment  of  an  annual 
or  monthly  fee,  as  prescribed  by  the  Trustees. 

GRADE  OF  SCHOOLS,  ETC. 

1.  The  Board  of  Education  has  not  adopted  a  full 
list  of  text-books  for  use  in  the  advanced  course,  and  un- 
til such  adoptions  have  been  made,  Boards  of  Trustees 
are  at  liberty  to  make  their  own  selection;  subject,  how- 
ever, to  the  approval  of  the  County  School  Superintend- 
ent. The  County  Superintendent  will  endeavor  to  have 
uniformity  of  texts  in  all  schools  of  this  class  in  his  county. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  139 

2.  The  course  of  Study  for  advanced  grades  as 
changed  by  the  Board  of  Education,  September  7,  1912, 
reads  as  follows: 

FIRST  YEAR. 

Elementary  Algebra 8  Months 

Physical  Geography  8  Months 

Rhetoric  and  Composition 8  Months 

Bookkeep;ng,  or  Latin  or  any  modern  langaage..8  Months 

SECOND  YEAR. 

Arithmetic  4  Months     (or  Latin  or  any         ) 

.  ,..  ,  C 8  Months 

Physiology  4  Months  ^modern  language     $ 

Geometry 8  Months 

English 8  Months 

General  History  or  Ancient  History 8  Months 

REGULATIONS. 

RELATING  TO  THE  USE  OF  FREE  TEXT-BOOKS. 

The  text-books  that  are  to  be  loaned  to  the  school 
children  of  the  state,  are  the  property  of  the  state. 

Books  are  issued  to  pupils  regularly  enrolled  in  the 
public  schools  of  this  state  and  when  returned  must  be 
in  as  good  condition  as  when  received  except  for  ordinary 
wear. 

Books  must  be  returned  at  the  close  of  the  school 
year,  whenever  pupils  leave  school,  or  a  school  district 
or  whenever  a  demand  for  the  return  of  the  books  is  made 
by  the  proper  authority. 

A  book  must  not  be  taken  from  the  school  room  ex- 
cept by  special  permission  of  the  teacher  in  charge  and  on 
the  presentation  to  the  teacher  of  a  proper  request  from 
the  parent  or  guardian  of  the  pupil  to  whom  the  book 
has  been  issued. 


140  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

No  writing  or  other  marking  on  any  page,  leaf  or 
cover  of  a  book  is  permitted.  If  a  book  shows  any  such 
marks  or  is  unduly  soiled  or  has  any  torn  or  missing  leaves 
or  mutilated  cover,  damages  must  be  paid  by  parties  us- 
ing the  book. 

A  book  must  not  be  loaned  by  a  pupil  to  any  other 
party.  Every  pupil  in  school  must  be  provided  with  a 
full  set  of  the  required  books.  Each  pupil  will  be  held 
personally  responsible  for  his  own  books. 

If  a  book  is  lost  or  destroyed,  the  pupil  to  whom  the 
book  was  issued  must  at  once  provide  himself  with 
another. 

Any  pupil  failing  to  return  a  book  when  demanded 
to  do  so  by  proper  authority,  or  failing  to  pay  for  any 
damaged,  lost  or  destroyed  book,  shall  forfeit  his  right 
to  a  demit  card,  in  which  case  he  cannot  again  avail  him- 
self of  the  privileges  of  the  free  text-book  act  in  this  state 
till  such  book  is  returned  or  paid  for. 

No  books  shall  be  issued  to  any  pupil  coming  from 
any  other  school  in  this  state  except  on  the  presentation 
of  a  demit  card  from  the  school  he  has  been  attending. 
When  the  books  are  issued  to  a  pupil  presenting  such 
demit  card  the  demit  card  shall  be  kept  by  the  teacher 
or  person  issuing  such  books  and  placed  on  file. 

School  Boards  must  be  prompt  in  collecting  assess- 
ments on  books. 

School  Boards  may  destroy  text  books  furnished 
them  by  the  State  only  on  the  order  of  a  County  School 
Superintendent. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  141 

REGULATIONS  COVERING  THE  DISTRIBUTION  OF 
FREE  TEXT-BOOKS. 

The  clerk  of  the  board  of  trustees  in  each  school  dis- 
trict is  requested  to  prepare  in  triplicate,  on  blanks  pro- 
vided for  that  purpose,  a  list  of  all  text-books  needed  in 
his  district  for  the  ensuing  year.  The  clerk  will  keep  on 
file  one  of  these  lists  and,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
April,  he  will  forward  the  other  two  lists  to  the  County 
Superintendent  of  Schools. 

The  County  Superintendent  of  Schools  shall  place  on 
file  in  his  office  one  of  these  lists  of  text-books  and  for- 
ward the  other  list  to  the  Secretary  of  the  State  Board  of 
Education  on  or  before  the  15th  day  of  April.  The  Coun- 
ty Superintendent  of  Schools  shall  at  the  same  time  for- 
ward to  the  Secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  an 
additional  list  of  all  the  extra  text-books  that  may 
be  needed  in  his  county  for  the  ensuing  year,  including  a 
complete  set  of  all  the  text-books  furnished,  for  use  in  his 
office. 

The  Secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall, 
on  receipt  of  the  text-book  list  from  all  the  County  Sup- 
erintendents of  the  Schools  of  the  State,  proceed  to  fur- 
nish such  books  by  directing  the  same  to  be  shipped  to 
such  depositor  or  depositors  as  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion may  designate  and  certify  the  cost  of  all  such  books 
to  the  State  Auditor,  who  will  draw  his  warrant  in  favor 
of  such  depositor  or  depositors  in  payment  therefor  on 
the  State  Treasurer,  who  will  pay  such  warrants  out  of 
any  unappropriated  moneys  in  the  state  school  fund. 

The  Secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall 
on  or  before  the  first  day  of  May  furnish  the  depositor  or 
depositors  with  a  list  of  all  the  text-books  required  in  each 
school  district  in  the  state,  together  with  the  name  and 
address  of  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  school  trustees  in  each 


142  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

district  and  the  name  and  address  of  the  County  Super- 
intendent of  Schools  of  each  county. 

The  depositor  or  depositors  shall  furnish  an  accept- 
able bond  for  such  sum  as  the  State  Board  of  Education 
may  require,  and  shall  be  held  responsible  for  all  books 
held  by  them  in  storage,  and  shipped  by  them  till  said 
books  have  been  delivered  at  the  proper  destination  and 
accepted  by  the  proper  parties. 

The  depositor  or  depositors  shall,  not  later  than  the 
first  day  of  August,  deliver  at  the  proper  destination  to 
the  County  Superintendent  of  Schools  or  a  proper  party 
in  care  of  the  County  Superintendent  of  Schools  all  books 
required  in  any  district  for  the  ensuing  year,  as  shown  by 
the  list  of  text-books,  furnished  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
State  Board  of  Education. 

Such  delivery  shall  be  without  cost  to  the  district, 
county  or  state,  and  shall  in  all  cases  be  defrayed  by  the 
depositor  or  depositors  sending  the  books. 

The  County  Superintendent  of  Schools  of  each  coun- 
ty and  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  school  trustees  of  each 
district  shall  be  notified  by  the  depositor  when  the  books 
are  shipped  to  such  county  and  school  district. 

The  clerk  of  the  board  of  school  trustees  shall,  im- 
mediately on  ,receipt  of  the  books  sent  to  his  district 
check  the  same  and  receipt  for  same  to  the  County  Sup- 
erintendent of  Schools. 

The  board  of  school  trustees  in  each  district  shall  fur- 
nish a  suitable  book  case  or  cabinet,  provided  with  a  door, 
lock  and  key,  in  which  all  the  books  allotted  to  their  dis- 
trict shall  be  kept,  and  shall  pay  for  the  same  out  of  the 
general  school  funds  of  the  district.  The  board  of  school 
trustees  of  each  district  shall  be  held  responsible  for  the 
safe  keeping  and  good  care  of  all  books  furnished  under 
the  provisions  of  the  free  text-book  act. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  143 

Before  any  book  is  delivered  to  a  pupil  a  label,  fur- 
nished by  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Education,  shall 
be  securely  pasted  on  the  inside  of  the  front  cover  of  the 
book. 

The  clerk  of  the  board  of  trustees  shall  have  charge 
of  the  distribution  and  collection  of  all  the  text-books  fur- 
nished to  his  district,  but  he  may  delegate  the  distribution 
and  collection  of  said  books  to  the  superintendent,  prin- 
cipal or  teacher  of  the  school  district. 

Whenever  a  pupil  presents  himself  for  enrollment  in 
the  school  he  shall  be  furnished  with  a  requisition  card 
which  must  be  properly  filled  out  and  signed  by  the  pa- 
rent or  guardian  of  the  pupil  and  presented  to  the  teacher 
before  any  text-book  will  be  delivered  to  the  pupil.  On 
the  presentation  of  the  requisition  card  properly  filled 
out  and  signed  as  directed  above,  there  shall  be  issued  to 
such  pupil  all  the  books  required  by  him  in  his  grade  or 
class.  Before  the  books  are  delivered  to  the  pupil,  the 
number  of  the  book,  the  grade,  the  cost,  the  date  the  book 
is  received  by  the  pupil,  the  date  it  is  returned,  the  condi- 
tion of  the  book  at  the  time  delivered  and  its  condition  at 
the  time  it  is  returned,  together  with  the  name  of  the  pupil 
shall  be  written  or  stamped,  and  date  of  in  the  proper 
spaces  on  the  label. 

The  requisition  cards  referred  to  above  shall  be  kept 
on  file  by  the  teacher  till  all  books  have  been  collected  at 
the  close  of  the  school  year.  A  record  shall  be  kept  of 
the  distribution  and  collection  of  all  books.  Such  record 
shall  state  the  name  of  the  pupil  to  whom  books  have 
been  issued,  the  names  of  the  books,  grades,  number  of 
the  books,  date  of  issue  and  date  of  return  of  the  books, 
books  lost,  books  sold,  money  collected  and  delinquencies. 

No  pupil  shall  be  permitted  to  remove  any  book 
from  the  school  room  except  on  request  from  the  parent 


144  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

or  guardian  of  the  pupil  properly  made  on  a  blank  pro- 
vided for  that  purpose.  One  request  is  sufficient  to  en- 
title the  pupil  to  take  home  any  of  his  books  for  the  re- 
mainder of  that  school  term,  provided,  however,  that  the 
pupil  returns  all  such  books  to  the  school  room  on  his  next 
return  to  school.  Failure  to  do  so  will  causa  the  pupil  to 
forfeit  his  right  to  take  home  any  of  said  books.  Provid- 
ed, further,  that  if  the  teacher  deems  it  advisable  to  not 
permit  pupils  to  take  home  any  book  or  books  then  such 
pupils  must  at  all  times  leave  their  books  in  the  school 
room. 

Pupils  shall  be  held  responsible  for  all  books  issued 
to  them  and  if  any  book  is  lost  or  destroyed  the  pupil  or 
his  parent  or  guardian  must  pay  for  the  same  before  a 
second  book  will  be  issued  to  him.  School  boards  must 
be  prompt  in  collecting  assessments  on  books  damaged, 
lost  or  destroyed  by  pupils. 

At  the  end  of  the  school  year,  or  whenever  a  pupil 
withdraws  from  the  school,  all  books  must  be  returned  to 
the  custody  of  the  teacher  or  other  person  delegated  to 
receive  the  same.  All  such  books  must  be  in  good  con- 
dition and  if  any  book  is  missing  or  is  damaged  beyond  a 
naiteral  wear,  the  pupil  or  his  parent  or  guardian  must 
pay  for  such  book  before  a  demit  card  will  be  issued  to 
such  pupil. 

At  the  close  of  the  school  year,  or  whenever  a  pupil 
withdraws  from  school,  a  demit  card  will  be  issued  to  such 
pupil,  provided  all  books  issued  to  him  have  been  returned 
in  good  condition  and  he  is  not  in  arrears  for  any  book 
lost,  destroyed  or  damaged.  This  demit  card  will  entitle 
the  pupil  to  again  avail  himself  of  the  provisions  of  the 
free  text-book  act  when  he  again  enters  school  in  the  same 
or  any  other  school  district  in  the  State  of  Arizona.  No 
free  text-books  shall  be  issued  to  any  pupil  from  any  other 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  145 

school  in  the  State  of  Arizona,  except  on  the  presentation 
of  a  properly  executed  demit  card  from  the  school  he  has 
left. 

Parties  not  desiring  the  use  of  free  text-books  may 
purchase  books  on  free  lists  from  the  school  boards  of 
the  state,  or  parties  delegated  by  them,  paying  thereon 
the  wholesale  contract  prices.  These  prices  will  be  listed 
and  sent  to  all  the  schools  of  the  state. 

All  moneys  received  for  lost  or  damaged  books  shall 
be  delivered  to  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  school  trustees. 
The  clerk  of  the  board  of  school  trustees  shall  not  later 
than  ten  days  after  the  close  of  the  school  in  his  district 
make  a  report  to  the  County  Superintendent  of  Schools, 
stating  the  number  of  books  of  each  kind  on  hand  in  the 
schools  of  his  county  at  the  beginning  of  the  year,  the 
number  received  during  the  year,  the  number  lost,  des- 
troyed, consumed  or  sold,  the  number  of  pupils  enrolled 
using  each  kind  of  book  during  the  year,  the  requisition 
for  the  following  year  and  all  the  money  collected  for  sale 
of  books  or  for  damage  or  loss.  The  County  Superintend- 
ent shall  then  remit  all  moneys  thus  received  to  the  State 
Treasurer  who  shall  deposit  the  same  to  the  credit  of  the 
state  school  fund. 

The  County  Superintendent  of  Schools  shall  not  later 
than  the  15th  day  of  June  make  a  report  to  the  Secretary 
of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  stating  the  number  of 
books  of  each  kind  on  hand  in  the  schools  of  his  county 
at  the  beginning  of  the  year,  the  number  received  during 
he  year,  the  number  lost,  destroyed,  consumed  or  sold,  the 
enrollment  of  pupils,  showing  the  number  that  have  used 
each  kind  of  book,  the  requisitions  for  his  county  for  the 
following  year  and  all  the  money  collected  for  the  sale  of 
books  or  for  damage  or  loss  of  books,  and  shall  give  the 
amounts  thus  collected  remitted  by  him  to  the  State 
Treasurer  and  the  time  such  remittances  were  made. 


146  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA. 

The  books  must  be  fumigated  by  the  School  Board 
on  the  date  as  provided  for  by  law,  and  in  conformity  to 
the  direction  of  the  Sate  Superintendent  of  Public  Health. 
Copies  of  these  instructions  will  be  sent  to  all  the  schools 
of  the  state. 


REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  FUMIGATION  OF  SCHOOL 

ROOMS  AND  TEXT-BOOKS. 

(Prepared  by  Dr.  R.  N.  Looney,  State  Superintendent  of 
Health,  and  Adopted  by  the  State  Board  of  Education.) 

Before  beginning  disinfection,  the  following  require- 
ments should  be  complied  with  : 

For  every  1,000  cubic  feet  of  space  to  be  disinfected, 
the  following  materials  and  quantities  should  be  used. 

Formalin  (40  per  cent,  solution  of 

formaldehyde) 1  pint 

Water i/2  pmt 

Potassium  permanganate  (fine  crystals)  ....1  pound 

All  holes,  cracks  and  other  external  apertures  should 
be  sealed  by  pasting  over  them  pieces  of  paper,  or  filling 
them  with  clean,  damp,  cotton  rags. 

Books  should  be  hung  upon  lines  stretched  across 
the  room  for  that  purpose  in  such  a  manner  as  to  sepa- 
rate the  pages. 

Windows  should  be  securely  closed,  but  left  unlock- 
ed in  order  to  admit  of  their  being  opened  from  the  out- 
side after  disinfection  is  complete. 

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The  temperature  of  the  room  should  in  no  case  be 
below  60  degrees  F.  (preferably  70  degrees  F.  or  above). 
If  the  atmosphere  is  unusually  dry,  the  amount  of  mois- 
ture should  be  increased  by  sprinkling  the  room  with 
water  half  an  hour  before  beginning  disinfection. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  ARIZONA.  147 

A  large  wash  tub  should  be  placed  near  the  center 
of  the  room,  conveniently  situated  so  as  to  be  seen 
through  one  of  the  windows.  In  this  should  be  placed 
a  tin  or  galvanized  iron  pail,  of  about  ten  or  twelve  quart 
capacity.  When  the  room  or  house  to  be  disinfected  has 
been  properly  prepared  in  accordance  with  the  above  in- 
structions, the  proper  quantity  of  potassium  permanga- 
nate should  be  placed  in  the  pail.  The  solution  of  forty 
per  cent,  of  formaldehyde,  mixed  with  the  water,  should 
be  placed  in  a  tin  dipper  or  other  vessel  convenient  for 
pouring  rapidly,  and  when  everything  is  in  readiness,  it 
should  be  poured  upon  the  crystals  or  permanganate  of 
potassium  contained  in  the  pail.  The  operator  should  im- 
mediately leave  the  room,  closing  the  door  and  stopping 
all  cracks  in  the  manner  above  indicated.  This  operation 
should  be  performed  quickly,  as  the  gas  is  generated  very 
rapidly.  The  door  should  be  locked,  in  order  to  prevent 
accidents,  and  the  room  or  building,  as  the  case  may  be, 
kept  closed  for  at  least  eight  hours.  At  the  expiration  of 
this  time  the  windows  should  be  opened  from  the  outside 
and  in  the  space  of  fifteen  or  twenty  minutes  the  door 
may  be  opened,  allowing  the  air  to  blow  through  the 
room. 

Care  must  be  taken  not  to  place  too  much  formal- 
dehyde in  a  single  container,  as  the  reaction  is  violent, 
and  there  is  great  effervescence  and  bubbling. 

If  the  room  is  too  large  to  be  disinfected  with  one 
generator,  use  as  many  more  as  are  required,  and  place 
in  each  only  the  quantity  indicated  above,  as  for  1,000 
cubic  feet  of  room  space. 


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PAGE 

Constitutional   Provisions   6-13 

Enabling  Act  3-6 

Aborculture     80 

Appendix     133 

Board  of  School  Trustees 34 

Clerks  of  School  Boards 50 

Code  Commission  125 

Commercial  Branches 84 

County  School  Superintendents 23 

Deaf,  Dumb  and  Blind  of  School  Age 84 

District  Libraries  70 

District  Census  Marshal 47 

Employment  of  Women  and  Minors 107 

Federal   Aid   125 

High  Schools  51 

Holidays    51 

Improvement  of  School  Property 87 

Music  and  Drawing 81 

Manual  Training,  Domestic  Science  and  Kindergarten  Courses  83 

Military  Training   (Compulsory) 119 

Pupils    ; 63 

Retirement  of  Teachers 69 

School  Districts   28 

Schools 51 

School  Elections  32 

State  and  County  School  Tax 70 

State,  County  and  Municipal  Indebtedness 91 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 19 

State  Board  of  Education 15 

State  Board  of  Examiners 17 

Teachers    66 

Teachers'  Certificates  : 18 

Teachers'  Institutes  , 27 

Text  Books  76 

United   States  Flag 82 

University  Scholarship  90 


INDEX 


Page       Paragraph 
ANTHEM 

Territorial  (not  obligatory  under  state  law)  ....127-128 
AGRICULTURE 

Teaching  of  in  High  and  Normal  Schools 60-63     2791-2797 

APPENDIX 

General  Rules  and  Regulations  of  State  Board 

of  Education  133-147 

Miscellaneous  Forms  for  Blanks 150-156 

Regulations  Relating  to  Free  Text-Books 141-147 

Official  List  of  Text-Books 148-149 

APPORTIONMENT 

By  County  School  Superintendent 23  2708 

By  County  School  Superintendent 74  2821 

District  Not  Entitled  to,  When ~ 75  2821 

For  State  Aid  to  Counties 20  2705 

For  State  Aid  to  Counties 82  2845 

New  District  Entitled  to,  When 75  2822 

Of  Joint  Institute  Expense '.  27  2714 

To  District  Devasted  by  Fire,  etc 76  2824 

APPROPRIATION 

For  Text-Books,  Out  of  State  School  Fund 76  2825 

For  Teaching  of  Agriculture,  etc.,  Out  of  Gen- 
eral Fund  of  State 61  2794 

For  Education  of  Deaf,  Dumb  and  Blind 84  2854 

For  Blind  Under  School  Age 87  2862 

For  Retired  Teachers,  Out  of  State  School 

Fund  69  •  2812 

ARBOR  DAY 

Course  of  Exercises 81  2840 

Observed  How  80  2839 

Observed  When  80  2837 

Proclamation,  Made  by  Whom 80  2838 

ATTORNEY  GENERAL  OF  THE  STATE 

To  Approve  Form  of  Bond 77  2828 

To  Approve  Forms  of  Contracts 79  2832 


IV 


BLIND  CHILDREN 


INDEX 
B 


Page       Paragraph 


Care  and  Education  of,  etc 84-  86     2854-2858 

Care  and  Education  of,  etc. 86-  87     2859-2863 

BOARD  OF  EDUCATION,  STATE 

To  Adopt  Regulations,  etc.,  Covering  State  Aid 

to  High  Schools  63  2796 

Care  of  Deaf,  Dumb  and  Blind 84-  87 

Meetings  of  15  2696 

Members  of  15  2694 

Powers  and  Duties  of 15  2697 

To  Buy  Books  for  the  Schools 76  2826 

To  Consider  Bids  for  Books 77  2827 

To   Designate  High   School  "Entitled  to   State 

Aid    60  2791 

To  Direct  Retirement  of  Teachers 69  2810 

To  Enter  Into  Contract  With  Publishers 77  2828 

To  File  Copies  of  Orders  to  Retired  Teachers  69  2811 
To  Fix  Qualifications  of  Instructors  in  Special 

Subjects   60  2792 

To  keep  Record  of  Teachers'  Pensions 69  2811 

BOARD  OF  EXAMINERS,  STATE 

Meetings  of  17  2700 

Members  of  .«; 17     2698-2699 

Powers  and  Duties  of 17  2701 

Salary  of  Members 18  2703 

BOARD  OF  SCHOOL  TRUSTEES 

Appointed,   When   25  2708 

Election  of  for  Single  Districts 32-  34     2726-2732 

Election  of  for  Consolidated  Districts 30-  31  2723 

Duties  Under  Act  Limiting  Indebtedness  for 

School  Districts,  etc 91-105 

Liable  for  Salary  of  Teachers 47  2753 

Liability  When  Failing  to  Appoint  Census 

Marshal 46  2752 

May  Authorize  Instruction  in  Manual  Train- 
ing, Domestic  Science  and  Kindergarten 83  2848 

May  Authorize  Teaching  of  Commercial 

Branches 84  2852 

May  Authorize  Teaching  of  Music  and  Drawing  81  2841 

May  Call  Election  for  Changing  Location  of 

School  Houses,  etc 38  2736 

May  Admit  Children  of  Non-resident  and 

Adults  51  2768 

May  Employ  Teachers  in  Special  Subjects 36  2733 

May  Establish  School  District  Libraries 70     2813-2814 

May  Excuse  Child  from  Attending  School 64  2802 


INDEX 


Page       Paragraph 

May  Petition  for  Establishment  of  High  School  52  2771 

May  Petition  for  Cancellation  of  Unsold  Bonds  45  2749 

May  Make  Segregation  of  Groups  of  Pupils 46  2750 

May  Maintain  Vacational  Schools 45  2750 

May   Levy   Special   Assessment   for   Improve- 
ments      87  2864 

Meetings  to  Instruct  Board 38     2734-2735 

One    of   the    Board   to    Act   as   Assessor   and 

Collector    89  2865 

Penalty  for  not  Fumigating  Text-Books 79  2834 

Powers  and  Duties  of <. 34  2733 

Shall  Purchase  and  Display  U.  S.  Flag 82  2843 

To  Enforce  the  Use  of  Text-Books  and  Course 

of  Study 36  2733 

To  Improve   School  Property 87-  89     2864-2865 

To  Canvass  Bond  Election  Returns 40  2740 

To  Call  Election  to  Determine  Whether  Chil- 
dren Shall  Be  Transported  to  School 38  2736 

To    Call    Election    for    Purchase    or    Sale    of 

School  Sites,  etc.,  When 38  2736 

To  Call  Election  for  Bonding  District 39  -2736 

To  Exclude  Children,  When 51  2768 

To  Expend  School  Funds,  How 46  2751 

To  File  Estimate  of  Money  Needed  for  District  71  2817 

To  Fix  Compensation  of  Census  Marshal 49  2763 

To  Maintain  School,  How  Long 45  2750 

To  Segregate  Colored  From  White  Pupils 35  2733 

To  Use  Three  Per  Cent,  of  School  Funds  for 

Library  , 70  2813 

To  Have  Custody  of  Text-Books 79  2834 

To  Be  Responsible  for  School  Library 70  2814 

To  Use  School  Moneys  for  Salaries,  etc. 46  2751 

BONDS  OF   SCHOOL  DISTRICTS 

Amount  of  Levy  Each  Year 43  2747 

Cancellation   of   45  2749 

Election   Called,   by  Whom 38  2736 

Election  to  Be  Called,  How .v...  40  2737 

Election  Notice  to  Contain,  What 40  2738 

Election  Returns  to  Be  Canvassed,  By 40  2740 

How  to  Levy  and  Collect,  When  Supervisors 

Fail  to  Levy ...-. 44  2748 

Interest    Upon    Deposits    and    Investments    of 

Sinking  Funds  42  2744 

Issuance  of,  etc.,  Under  Act  Limiting  Indebt- 

tedness  of  School  District 91-107 

Proceeds  of  Sale  of 41  2742 

Qualifications  of  Voter  at  Bond  Election 40  2736 

Rate  of  Interest  of  and  Price  of 41  2742 

Supervisors  to  Issue  40  2740 

Tax   Levy  for 40  2740 

Time  Limit  of  Payment  of ,. 41  2741 


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INDEX 


Page       Paragraph 

Supervisors  to  Fix  Form  of  and  Time  of  Pay- 
ment of  - 41  2741 

Words  on  Ballot 40               2739 

BOOKS,  TEXT 

Free  Text-Books  76-  80 

Official  List  of 148-149 

Use  of  to  Be  Enforced 66                2805 

School  Officers  Not  to  Act  as  Agents  for 80               2836 

C 
CENSUS  MARSHAL 

Compensation  of  .' 49               2763 

County  Superintendent  May  Order  Census  Re- 
taken    49  2762 

How  to  Enumerate  Children 48               2757 

Report  of,  Must  Show 47               2756 

Penalty  for  Neglect  of  Duty 49               2763 

Power  to  Administer  Oaths 49               2761 

To  Enumerate  the  Deaf,  Dumb  and  Blind 85               2855 

Time  for  Taking  the  Census 47               2754 

Time  Limit  for  Making  Report 47               2755 

When  to  Report  to  Mayor 49                2760 

When  to  Include  in  Report  all  the  Inhabitants  48                2759 

When  to  Make  Report  to  Two  Counties 48               2758 

CERTIFICATE  GRANTED  TO  TEACHERS 

Second  Grade,  Primary,  First  Grade 18               2704 

Life,    Special    Certificates 19               2704 

Special  Commercial  84               2853 

Special  Music  and  Drawing 81                2842 

Special  in  Manual  Training,  Domestic  Science 

and  Kindergarten   84               2850 

Special  in  any  Subject 19               2704 

CHILDREN 

Certificate  of  Employment 110                3116 

Employment  Certificates  Issued,  When.^ Ill               3119 

Penalty  for  Failure^to  Issue  Employment  Cer- 
tificates   1 118  3143 

Penalty  for  not  Procuring  Employment  Cer- 
tificate    118  3145 

Penalty  for  not  Posting  Printed  Notice..., 118               3142 

Penalties   (See  Penalties) 

Prima  Facie  Evidence  of  Age  of  Child Ill                3121 

Unlawful  to  Employ  Child  Under  14 108               3111 

CITY  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PRINCIPALS 

Duties  of,  in  the  Employment  of  Minors 108-119 

Districts  May  Jointly  Employ 36               2733 

Length  of  Term  of  Employment 36               2733 

CLERKS  OF  SCHOOL  BOARDS 

Duties  of  50     2764-2765 

Code  Commissioners  ..  ...125-126 


INDEX 


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Trustees  Authorized  to  Employ  Teachers  of....  84  2852 

Certification  of  Teachers  of 84  2853 

COMPULSORY  ATTENDANCE 

Attendance  Officer  35  2733 

Compulsory  School  Age  64  2802 

Child  Must  Attend  Full  Session ~ 64  2802 

Child  May  Be  Excused,  When 64  2802 

Evidence  of  Illegal  Employment 117     3139-3140 

Exceptions  to   Requirements 65  2802 

Penalty  If  Child  Is  Illegally  Employed 64  2802 

Penalty  for  Not  Sending  Child  to  School 65  2303 

Penalty  for  Attendance   Officer's  Neglect  of 

Duty  66  2804 

Unlawful  to  Employ  Child  Under  16  Years  of 

Age  During  School  Hours  Without  Permit....  64  2802 
COUNTY  ATTORNEY 

Duties  of  73  2820 

COUNTY  SCHOOL  SUPERINTENDENT 

Apportionment  to  Districts 74  2821 

Dismissed  Teacher  May  Appeal  to 67  2806 

Duties  of   23  2708 

Duties  of  in  the  Employment  of  Minors 107-118 

Liable  for  Drawing  Illegal  Warrants 67  2807 

May  Appoint  a  Teacher 26  2709 

May  Appoint  a  Deputy 26  2710 

May  Hold  Joint  County  Institutes 27  2714 

May  Suspend  District  75  2823 

May  Require   Trustees  to   Make   Repairs  and 

Abate  Nuisances 26  2711 

Must  Not  Draw  Warrant  for  Teacher,  When....  67  2807 

Shall  Hold  County  Institute 27  2713 

Shall  Receive  Petitions  for  Formation  of  New 

Subdivisions  of  Old  Districts 28  2720 

Shall  Receive  Petitions  for  Change  of  Boun- 
daries of  School  Districts 29  2722 

Shall  Receive   Petitions  for   Consolidation   of 

Districts   30  2723 

To  Conduct  Examination  for  Contestants  for 

University  Scholarship  90-  91 

To  Appoint  Members  of  High  School  Board  of 

Education  54  2776 

To   File    Transcripts    Showing   Boundaries   of 

Districts   29  2721 

To    Call   Elections   for    Consolidation    of   Dis- 
tricts    30  2723 

To  Make  Estimates  of  Amounts  Required  for 

School   Purposes   71  2818 

To  Transmit  List  of  Employed  Children 113  3125 

To  Receive  Petitions  to  Establish  High  Schools  52  2771 
To  Notify  Trustees  of  Change  of  Boundaries,      - 

etc „ 29  2721 

To  Keep  Account  of  Expense  of  Institute 28  2718 


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Page  Paragraph 
To  Make  Estimate  for  Transporting  Children, 

etc 38  2736 

Terms  of  Office  of 27  2712 

D 
DEAF,  DUMB  AND  BLIND 84-  87 

DOMESTIC  SCIENCE 

Additional  Tax  for  ! y.  82  2849 

Certification  of  Teachers  of 84  2850 

May  Be  Taught  in  Public  Schools 83  2847 

No  Tuition 84  2851 

Teaching  of  in  High  and  Normal  Schools 60  2791 

E 
ELECTION 

Annual  (Regular)  32-  34     2726-2732 

Canvass  of  Returns  of  Bond  Election. 40  2740 

For  Special  Assessment  for  Improvements 87-  89     2864-2865 

For  Sale  of  School  Sites,  etc 38  2736 

For  Establishing  High  Schools 51-  60 

For  Consolidation  of  Districts 30-  31  2723 

Form  of  Ballot  for  Bonds 40  2739 

Notice  for  Bond  Election 40     2737-2738 

Publication  of  Bond  Election 40  2737 

Under  Chapter  II,   State,   County  and   Muni- 
cipal Indebtedness  91-105 

EMPLOYMENT  ACT 

The  Employment  of  Women  and  Minors 1..107-119 

EXAMINATIONS,  FOR  TEACHERS 

For  First  and  Second  Grade  Certificates 18               2704 

For  Life  Certificates 19               2704 

For  Manual  Training,  Domestic   Science  and 

Kindergarten  84               2850 

For  Music  and  Drawing 81 

For  Commercial  Branches v 84              2853 

G 
GOVERNOR 

May  Request  Suit  on  Bond 79  2833 

To   Make   Proclamation 80 

H 
HIGH  SCHOOLS 

Union  51-  56 

In  Single  Districts 53-  55 

County  51-  60 

State  Aid  .  60-  63 

HOLIDAYS   , 51  2767 

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IMPROVEMENT  OF  SCHOOL  PROPERTY 87-  90 

-  INDEBTEDNESS,    STATE,    COUNTY,    MU-  J 

KICIPAE  ..  ...  - -  91-106 


INDEX  ix 

INSTITUTE                                                                      Page       Paragraph 
County  School  Superintendent  to  Secure  Lec- 
tures for   23  2708 

Expense  of  Joint  Institute,  Apportioned 27  2714 

Fund  for,  How  Provided 28  2718 

Length  of  Session  27  2716 

Mileage  of  Teachers,  Paid  When 28  2717 

Must  Be  Held  27  2713 

Schools  to  Be  Closed 27  2715 

Superintendent  to  Preside 24  2708 

Teachers  to  Attend  27  2713 

Teacher's  Attendance   Certified 27  2717 

Teachers  Paid  for  Attending 27  2717 

K 
KINDERGARTEN 

Certification  of  Teachers  of 84  2850 

Course  of  Study 83  2848 

Estimate  of  Tax  for 83  2849 

May  Be  Taught  in  Public  Schools 83  2847 

No  Tuition  84  2851 

L 
LIBRARIES 

Amount  of  Money  for  Use  of 70  2813 

Controlled  by 70  2814 

Rules  for v 137-138 

M 
MANUAL  TRAINING 

Additional  Tax  for 83  2849 

Certification  of  Teachers  of 84  2850 

Course  of  Study  83  2848 

May  Be  Taught  in  Public  Schools 83  2847 

No  Tuition  84  2851 

Teaching  of  in  High  and  Normal  Schools 60-  62 

MEETINGS 

Board  of  Education. 15  2696 

Board   of  Examiners 17  2700 

For  Change  of  Text-Books 25  2708 

Of  County  School  Superintendents 22  2705 

Of  School  Trustees 35  2733 

Of  School  Electors  to  Instruct  Trustees 37-  38     2733-2735 

Military  Training,  Compulsory 119-123 

MINING 

Teaching  of  in  High  and  Normal  Schools 60-  63 

MUSIC  AND  DRAWING 

Certification  of  Teachers  of 81  2842 

Teachers  May  Be  Employed  in 81  2841 

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NORMAL  SCHOOLS 

Teaching  of  Agriculture,  etc.,  in .....:•  60-  63 


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PENALTIES 

For  Not  Fumigating  Text-Books 79               2834 

For  Neglect  of  Duty  by  Census  Marshal 49               2763 

For  Not  Procuring  Employment  Certificate....  118               3145 

For  Not  Posting  Printed  Notices 118               3142 

For  Illegally  Employing  Child  or  Permitting....  116               3135 

For  Illegally  Employing  Child 64               2802 

For  Not  Sending  Child  to  School 65               2803 

For  Illegally  Retaining   Employment   Certifi- 
cates    117               3137 

For  Signing  False  Statement  or  Certificate 117               3138 

For  Employed  Child  Refusing  to  Give  to  Of- 
ficer His  Name.  Age,  etc 118               3141 

For  Employer  Failing  to  Post  Printed  Notice  118     .          3142 
For    Employer    Failing    to    Provide    Suitable 

Seats 118               3144 

For  Neglecting  to  File  Certificates  and  Post 

Lists 118               3145 

For  Continuing  to  Illeeally  Employ  Child 117               3136 

Penal  Code,  Extracts  From 130-132 

Permitting  Child  to  Be  Illegally  Employed 116               3135 

Superintendent  Failing  to  Comply  With  Pro- 
visions of  Act  118               3143 

When  Attendance  Officer  Neglects  His  Duty  49               2763 

POLITICAL  CODE 

Extracts  from 129-130 

PUPILS 

Admission  to  School 61               2793 

Any  Pupil  With  Contagious  Diseases,  etc.,  to 

Be  Excluded   51               2768 

Causes  for  Suspension  or  Expulsion.. 64     2800-?801 

Compulsory  School  Aee  64               2802 

Dutv  of  Attendance  Officer T 66 

Held  Responsible  for  Damage  or  Loss  of  Bpoks  79               2834 

May  Attend  Vacational  School 45               2750 

May  Be  Excused  from  Attending,  When 64               2802 

May  Buy  Books 79               2835 

Must  Comply  With  Regulations 63               2799 

Penalty  for  Illegally  Employing 64 

Penalty  for  Keeping  Child  Out  of  School 65               2803 

Rules  for,  by  State  Board  of  Education 136-137 

Transportation  of,  to  School 2736 

R 
RETIREMENT   OF   TEACHERS .....  .   69-  70 


SCHOOLS 

Admission     51               2768 

Days  in  Month  51               2767 

High  Schools  51-  63 

Maintained  at  Least  Eight  Months 45               2750 


INDEX  xi 
Page       Paragraph 

Must  Be  Taught  in  the  English  Language 51  2769 

Schools  Closed,  What  Days 51  2767 

Year  to  Begin  and  End,  When 51  2766 

Christmas  Holiday  Recess 51  2767 

SCHOOL  DISTRICTS 

Can  Not  Pay  Teacher  Unless  Holder  of  Cer- 
tificate     75  2821 

Election  to  Consolidate 30-  31  2723 

Elections    (Single  Districts) 32-  34 

Formed  by  Subdivisions,  Entitled  to  Share  of 

Money,   When   31  2724 

Must  Not  Employ  Teacher  Unless  Holder  of 

Certificate    36  2733 

How  Designated  28  2719 

How  Formed  or  Divided 28  2720 

How  to  Change   Boundaries 29  2722 

How  to  Annex  Subdivision  of  Town 29  2722 

Legal  Boundaries 29  2721 

May  Lapse  75-  76  2823 

May  Jointly  Employ  a  Principal 36  2733 

May  Consolidate  30  2723 

Time  for  Changing  Boundaries 29  2721 

Time  Limit  for  New  District  to  Open  School....  32  2725 
Suparintendent  or  Principal  May  Be  Employed 

for  Term  of  Two  Years 36  2733 

SEGREGATION  OF  PUPILS 35  2733 

STATE   SUPERINTENDENT   OF   PUBLIC   IN- 
STRUCTION 

General  Duty  of 19  2705 

May  Demand  Evidence  from  Employer 113  3126 

May  Appoint  Assistants 23  2707 

Office  of  23  2706 

Payment  of  Expenses  of  Patriotic  Exercises....  82  2845 

Salary  of 23  2706 

To  Prepare  Program  for  Patriotic  Exercises....  82  2844 

To  Advertise  for  Bids  for  Text-Books 77  2827 

To  Furnish  Blanks  for  List  of  Names  of  Em- 
ployed Children  113  3125 

To  Prepare  a  Poll  and  Tally  List 34  2731 

SUPERVISORS 

Chairman  of  Board  to  Help  Canvass  Vote  for 

Consolidation  of  District 31  2723 

Duties  Under  Chapter  II,   State,  County  and 

Municipal   Indebtedness  91-105 

May  Cancel  Bonds 45  2749 

To  Levy  Special  Rate 38  2736 

To  Audit  Account  of  County  Superintendent 

of   Schools   26  2708 

To  Issue  School  Bonds 40  2740 

To  Prescribe  Form  of  School  Bonds  and  Fix 

Time  of  Payment  41  2741 


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INDEX 


Page  Paragraph 
To  Make  Levy  for  Interest  and  Redemption  of 

Bonds  ,.  43  2747 

To  Levy  Tax  for  High  Schools 53  2774 

To  Attach  Territory  of  Lapsed  School  District  75  2823 

To  Dispose  of  Property,  -etc.,  of  Lapsed  District  76  2823 

To  Levy  Tax  for  Manual  Training,  Domestic 

Science  and  Kindergarten 83  2849 

To  Approve  Transcript  of  District  Boundaries  29  2721 

To  Deposit  Sinking  Funds 41  2743 

To  Deposit  Sinking  Funds 43  2746 

T 

TAX  STATE 

Annual  Levy  for  Schools 70  2815 

Levy  for  Blind  Children  Under  School  Age 87  2862 

State  Board  of  Equalization  May  Levy  District 

Tax,  When  Supervisors  Fail 44  2748 

Time    for    Paying    State    School    Moneys    to 

Counties 70  2816 

TAX,  COUNTY 

Annual  Levy  for  Common  Schools 70  2815 

Annual  Levy  for  Kindergarten  Schools 83     ,    •      2849 

Annual  Levy  for  High  Schools 53  2774 

For  Transporting  Children  to*  School,  etc 38  2736 

For  Manual   Training,   Domestic   Science   and 

Kindergarten  ». 83  2849 

Levy  of,  for  Interest  and  ^Redemption  of  Bonds  43  2747 

L  vies  to  Be  Made  Under  Chapter  II,  State, 

County  and  Municipal  indebtedness 91-105 

TEACHERS 

Cannot  Teach  if  Afflicted  With  Tuberculosis  68  2809 

General  Duties  of 1 66-  67  2805 

May  Appeal  to  County  Superintendent 67  2806 

Certificate  May  Be  Revoked 68  2808 

Must  Attend  Institute 27  2713 

Must  Hold  Legal  Certificate  to  Draw  Pay 67  2807 

Pay  for  Attending  Institute 27  2717 

Territorial    Anthem     (Not    Obligatory    Under 

State  Law)    .  ...127-128 

TREASURER,  STATE 

To  Pay  School  Moneys  to  Counties,  When 71  2816 

To  Make  Payment  to  High  Schools 62  2795 

TREASURER,  COUNTY 

Duties  42  2745 

Duties  44  2747 

Duties  73  2819 

Liability  for  Failure  to  Perform  Duty....  73  2820 

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UNIVERSITY  STATE   SCHOLARSHIP 90-  91 

UNITED  STATES  FLAG 82-  83 

VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION   (Federal  Aid) 124-125 


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